Date: Wed, 28 Feb 96 22:50 PST From: pete@pelican.com (Pete Carah) To: angio@aros.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sending an exe or zip via HTML Message-ID: <m0ts2C0-0000SMC@pelican.com> In-Reply-To: <199602272108.OAA26250@terra.aros.net>
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In article <199602272108.OAA26250@terra.aros.net> you write: > >Lo and behold, Dale once said: > >> Does anyone know why when I code an HTML A REF to allow a user to >> download a file (like an exe or a zip) only the code shows up on the >> screen rather than the usual Netscape (Save To DIsk) dialogue box? >> >> Does this have something to do with the file's mode or ownership? >> >> How do I code an HTML line to let a user download such a file? > > It's a server configuration error. The server needs to have a mime >type for .zip or .exe that tells it it's not a text file. Typically it >would go in mime-types or as an AddType (with Apache) in srm.conf. Apache comes with a mimetype for zip but NOT exe, even at 1.0.3. Add exe to the line with .bin in it and all should be well. > .zip files should be application/zip and .exe .. er, there's a good >question for you. :) I use octet-stream (or whatever .bin goes to already). .sit is already in there... Of course, .exe is different on a VAX (am I dating myself here?) -- Pete
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