[lokisetup] makeself and browser downloads

[Sean Middleditch]

On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 06:35, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:
> > For Moz based browser just tell them to hold down the shift key when
> > they click on the link and it will save it instead of trying to display
> > it.
> 
> What exactly triggers IE and such to believe a given file is text vs.
> binary data?

Usually, it's the web-server - the web server sends the MIME type of the
file before it starts sending the actual data.  If your web-server is
configured to recognize .sh files and send the MIME type you want,
you're all set - otherwise... you can do weird hacks like have PHP
scripts or whatnot that send the Content-type header you want, then
stream the file data out.  (I do just this to deliver a series of
PDF/RTF/PS files from a database on my employer's website, for example.)

> 
> Is it the #!/bin/sh line at the start, or does it see that the first X
> lines appear to be ASCII text and go from there?
> 
> Can we do something to "fool" it, like:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # [binary data here]
> # Above is a line of binary shite to fool IE. Disregard.
> 
> Can someone play around with that?
> 
> --ryan.
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