complaint about CGI

decoux@moulon.inra.fr (ts)
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 07:27:58 --100
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> Rob suggested:
> >Status: xxx mmm
> >
> >where xxx is the 3 digit HTTP status code, and mmm is the message, such as
> >Forbidden.
> 
> I don't have a problem with this being added, but it isn't strictly
> necessary as you can output any code you want if you write an
> nph- script.
> 
> 

 I write nph-script only to send, sometimes, code different from 200 and
301.

 It's really easy to send only a header line "Status: xxx mmm", rather than
send all header lines ("MIME-Version", "Content-type", "Content-length", ...)


Guy Decoux