Re: How to make FASTCGI deliver an external file

Jose Adriano Baltieri wrote:
> Suppose that you have a FASTCGI like this :
> 
> While there are requests()
>   if  request is not OK, say for security reasons, then
>       send a message to the browser and loop again
>   end if
>   // the request is OK, that is, authorized THEN...
>   // we need to send to the browser an external file
>   // that is on this path : C:\SOMEWHERE\DOWN\ON\THE\SERVER\HARDDISK\EMPLOYEE_PICTURE.JPG
> end While
> 
> 
> Can I do that DIRECTLY ? That is, withouth having to RE-READ that file 
> from inside FASTCGI itself ?
> 
> IOW, is there some special order or instruction that I can issue from 
> FASTCGI telling the http server :
> 
> "Hey http server, deliver THE FILE ON THIS PATH to the browser, will you ?"
> 
> I use something similar on a particular implementation of a webserver 
> API that we have here...
> 

You can send "Location: employee_picture.jpg\n\n".
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