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Internet Explorer and Content-Disposition header

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From: Patrice Bulat
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 00:00
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The following CGI script (written in C) is used to get a file
from my web server; it works well with Netscape, but
with Explorer the name given to the file is the one of
the executable!

printf("Content-Type: application/octet-stream\n");
printf("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=xxx.yyy\n\n");
<...print file content on stdout...>

With Netscape, the script asks me to save the file under xxx.yyy
With Explorer, it asks me to save the file under myscript.exe !

Any idea ?
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From: "Patrice Bulat" <patrice@mnet.fr>
Subject: Internet Explorer and Content-Disposition header
Date: 1997/04/08
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