"Auto Detect" for attachment content type.

[Benton, Kevin]

> Cheap trick in browsers...
> 
> If you want to specify a file type via the URL of a CGI, use this
> 
> http://path/to/my.cgi/filename.ext?thisvar=that...
> 
> Apache knows enough to stop at the my.cgi.  The browser doesn't,
> however, and will take the extension specified.

To answer my own post, here's a better way...  The CGI should specify a
filename suggestion in the content header.  To do this, use
"Content-disposition: filename=<filename>" to specify the file name
suggestion to the user.  This is covered in RFC 2183 (1997).  See the
example below.

===== snip snip snip ====== cut here ======
Content-type: text/csv
Content-disposition: filename=mylist.csv

"Hello world", "abc", 2
===== snip snip snip ====== cut here ======

I think we should standardize on this method.

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Kevin Benton
Perl/Bugzilla Developer/Administrator, Perforce SCM Administrator
Digital Media Pervasive Computing Solutions Group
Advanced Micro Devices
 
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