sevenalive Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I have a file that can't be downloaded, it throws a 404 error, even though the permissions are correct and the file exists. Seems to be an issue with '.pl' in the name.http://sevenupdate.com/apps/MPCHCx64/mpcresources.pl.dll - does not workhttp://sevenupdate.com/apps/MPCHCx64/mpcresources.nl.dll - works fineAnybody have an idea why .pl won't work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn9999 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) Anybody have an idea why .pl won't work?QFR for those that don't know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_404Because .PL is the default extension for a Perl Script, and the browser is attempting to handle the document as a perl script and not a file. From what you discovered, it appears obvious that there is a bug in the URL parsing/handling algorithm either in the web browser or even more likely something wrong with your web server software in how it processes URLs. Hope this helps. Sounds like the fix is going to be to use some other naming scheme for that file. Edited October 18, 2010 by Glenn9999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 If it is actually not a Perl file and the PL is a country code, try using _pl in your naming scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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