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Re: Automatic download of unofficial parts in LDView
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Thu, 18 May 2006 13:39:32 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dan Boger wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Steve Bliss wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> > > We'd also have to agree on a format for the response containing the multiple
> > > files.
> >
> > Use MPD (within a text response). Sending a stream of multiple files was the
> > original purpose of the MPD format.
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> Could do that, or tar (which would work for non-DAT files, if needed).
MPD would work for any text files, as long as they don't include /\n0 FILE /.
One thing MPD would not provide is the mod-timestamp for each file. That could
be listed at the top of the response (before the first file) or maybe in the
HTTP header(?).
> I'd be tempted to add a zip compression (as an option) on the stream, since it
> should compress so nicely... :)
Couldn't zipping of the response be done transparently to the cgi (and the
client request)?
Steve
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