http response & wget

Hello!

I was a bit in doubt if posting the message here, or in
comp.unix.programmer. I choosed this group even if the problem is a bit
programming related.

I have a web server running on localhost, and a file named "foo.txt"
residing in the web root. Issuing the request http://localhost/foo.txt
, works fine with any http client and even manually :

azi@magicb0x ~ $ telnet localhost 80
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /foo.txt HTTP/1.1

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:25:22 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 7

foobar
Connection closed by foreign host.

So, you may be thinking what's the problem. using wget to retrive the
file gives a "screwed" file :

azi@magicb0x ~ $ wget localhost/foo.txt
--15:26:43-- http://localhost/foo.txt
=> `foo.txt'
Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 No headers, assuming
HTTP/0.9
Length: unspecified

15:26:43 (4.64 MB/s) - `foo.txt' saved [112]
azi@magicb0x ~ $ cat foo.txt

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:26:43 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 7

foobar
azi@magicb0x ~ $

wget works fine if the file is placed on some other web site, so i'm
100% it's the web server fault (it's my code, and it looks like I
missed something :-). I have no clue where the fault may be, and i
really hope someone from the list can help me! I think it has something
to do with the above routine :
http://rafb.net/paste/results/yahFj799.html .


Regards!

On 2006-10-05, (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> residing in the web root. Issuing the request http://localhost/foo.txt
> GET /foo.txt HTTP/1.1
> Content-Type: text/html

If it's a txt file why 'text/html' ? It should be 'text/plain'.

Davide

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Davide Bianchi wrote:
> On 2006-10-05, (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > residing in the web root. Issuing the request http://localhost/foo.txt
> > GET /foo.txt HTTP/1.1
> > Content-Type: text/html
>
> If it's a txt file why 'text/html' ? It should be 'text/plain'.
>
> Davide
>
You're right! But this is not the reason for the issue i'm experiencing
;-(

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I was a bit in doubt if posting the message here, or in
> comp.unix.programmer. I choosed this group even if the problem is a bit
> programming related.
>
> I have a web server running on localhost, and a file named "foo.txt"
> residing in the web root. Issuing the request http://localhost/foo.txt
> , works fine with any http client and even manually :
>
> azi@magicb0x ~ $ telnet localhost 80
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> GET /foo.txt HTTP/1.1
>
> HTTP/1.0 200 OK
> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:25:22 GMT
> Content-Type: text/html
> Content-Length: 7
>
> foobar
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> So, you may be thinking what's the problem. using wget to retrive the
> file gives a "screwed" file :
>
> azi@magicb0x ~ $ wget localhost/foo.txt
> --15:26:43-- http://localhost/foo.txt
> => `foo.txt'
> Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1
> Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 No headers, assuming
> HTTP/0.9
> Length: unspecified
>
> 15:26:43 (4.64 MB/s) - `foo.txt' saved [112]
> azi@magicb0x ~ $ cat foo.txt
>
> HTTP/1.0 200 OK
> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:26:43 GMT
> Content-Type: text/html
> Content-Length: 7
>
> foobar
> azi@magicb0x ~ $
>
> wget works fine if the file is placed on some other web site, so i'm
> 100% it's the web server fault (it's my code, and it looks like I
> missed something :-). I have no clue where the fault may be, and i
> really hope someone from the list can help me! I think it has something
> to do with the above routine :
> http://rafb.net/paste/results/yahFj799.html .
>
>
> Regards!
>
Is your server, by any chance, emitting a newline before the header?

Robert

Robert Harris wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I was a bit in doubt if posting the message here, or in
> > comp.unix.programmer. I choosed this group even if the problem is a bit
> > programming related.
> >
> > I have a web server running on localhost, and a file named "foo.txt"
> > residing in the web root. Issuing the request http://localhost/foo.txt
> > , works fine with any http client and even manually :
> >
> > azi@magicb0x ~ $ telnet localhost 80
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to localhost.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > GET /foo.txt HTTP/1.1
> >
> > HTTP/1.0 200 OK
> > Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:25:22 GMT
> > Content-Type: text/html
> > Content-Length: 7
> >
> > foobar
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> >
> > So, you may be thinking what's the problem. using wget to retrive the
> > file gives a "screwed" file :
> >
> > azi@magicb0x ~ $ wget localhost/foo.txt
> > --15:26:43-- http://localhost/foo.txt
> > => `foo.txt'
> > Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1
> > Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
> > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 No headers, assuming
> > HTTP/0.9
> > Length: unspecified
> >
> > 15:26:43 (4.64 MB/s) - `foo.txt' saved [112]
> > azi@magicb0x ~ $ cat foo.txt
> >
> > HTTP/1.0 200 OK
> > Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:26:43 GMT
> > Content-Type: text/html
> > Content-Length: 7
> >
> > foobar
> > azi@magicb0x ~ $
> >
> > wget works fine if the file is placed on some other web site, so i'm
> > 100% it's the web server fault (it's my code, and it looks like I
> > missed something :-). I have no clue where the fault may be, and i
> > really hope someone from the list can help me! I think it has something
> > to do with the above routine :
> > http://rafb.net/paste/results/yahFj799.html .
> >
> >
> > Regards!
> >
> Is your server, by any chance, emitting a newline before the header?

It does. It also looks like this was the root of evil :-). Thank you
very much for the hint!