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Q158732: Perl Script is Downloaded When Using Netscape 3.0

Article: Q158732
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 1.0,2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 22-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 1.0, 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use browsers that have a mime mapping for .pl or .cgi file the browser
may try to download the script rather than executing it.

CAUSE
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When the following header information is not present as the first line of a CGI
script, a browser with a mime mapping for the file type may try to download the
script rather than execute it:

     print "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n";


RESOLUTION
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Make sure your CGI scripts return the following as the first line of the CGI
header response:

  print "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n";

Additional query words: iis cgi script download

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis200 kbiis100
Version           : :1.0,2.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86

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