janos.gonzales Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Hi, I realize this is a PHP forum, and I'm asking a Perl question. But this is really an Apache question so don't get mad please . I am trying to build a CGI script so that when my Apache server is asked for <b>http://myserver.com/test/123.pdf</b> then the CGI script fires up and serves the file. The reason for this is that the file does not really exist in the 'test' folder at all but on a different machine. I figured out how to get the CGI script to copy this file and serve it and 'fool' the browser into thinking it's loading a PDF. What I need now is for the address in the url to be <b>http://myserver.com/test/123.pdf</b> not <b>http://myserver.com/test/script.pl</b> . This is so that when the file is saved it's saved with its real name not as a PDF with a wrong .pl extension. Do I have to use mod_perl for this? Or is there an easier way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janos.gonzales Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 Nevermind! I got it figured out. I just use Apache's Action directive (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_actions.html#action) AddHandler my-file-type .pdf Action my-file-type /scripts/scrip.pl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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