on 6/3/02 2:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] purportedly said: > A basic doubt not related to LWP: If the thing that generates the > document has no special code to address HEAD requests conveniently, is > it guaranteed somewhere that you actually won't download the document? > If yes, who is responsible of ensuring it?
As long as the HTTP server is RFC compliant, regardless of what the back-end script/application returns, the server will only return the headers. The problem would be if the behavior of the back-end changes depending on the request method. In this case the Content-length header (and other relevant headers) may not be accurate. Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
