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diff --git a/www/p5-CGI-Application-Plugin-Stream/pkg-descr b/www/p5-CGI-Application-Plugin-Stream/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..428d61a958dd --- /dev/null +++ b/www/p5-CGI-Application-Plugin-Stream/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +This plugin provides a way to stream a file back to the user. + +This is useful if you are creating a PDF or Spreadsheet document +dynamically to deliver to the user. + +The file is read and printed in small chunks to keep memory +consumption down. + +This plugin is a consumer, as in your runmode shouldn't try to do any +output or anything afterwards. This plugin affects the HTTP response +headers, so anything you do afterwards will probably not work. If you +pass along a filehandle, we'll make sure to close it for you. + +It's recommended that you increment $| (or set it to 1), which will +autoflush the buffer as your application is streaming out the file. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI-Application-Plugin-Stream/ |