[ic] softgoods -- Thanks Mike H.

[Paul Jordan]

> Hi,
>
> >De: interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com en nombre de Paul
> >Jordan [paul@gishnetwork.com]
> >Enviado: lunes, 04 de marzo de 2002 20:15
> >Para: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
> >Asunto: RE: [ic] softgoods -- Thanks Mike H.
> >
> >Quoting Mike Heins
> >> If you expect to sell lots of softgoods, the best thing to do is make
> >> your enabling procedure provide a symlinked directory for a separate
> >> HTTP download.
> >>
> >> It can be as simple as:
> >>
> >> UserTag enable-download Order resource
> >> UserTag enable-download addAttr
> >> UserTag enable-download Routine <<EOR
> >> sub {
> >> 	my ($resource, $opt) = @_;
> >>
> >>	my $docroot = $opt->{document_root} || $::Variable->{DOCROOT};
> >> 	my $dl_dir  = $opt->{base_dir} || 'tmp_download';
> >> 	my $server  = $opt->{server}   || $::Variable->{SERVER_NAME};
> [bla, bla, bla...]
>
> It is not working for me. I´ve taken two hours trying all posible
> combinations but I can´t make it work. Where it is supposed to be the
> {downloads} directory? Under the web directory /var/www? In my
> catalog root?
> Do I have to create it first or not?
>
> All I get is a permission error when processing the page and this in my
> error.log:
>
> "localhost.localdomain bxVkzoVa:localhost.localdomain -
> [16/mayo/2002:16:33:16 +0200] reports
> /cgi-bin/reports/process.html Runtime
> error: mkdir /tmp_download: Permiso denegado at (eval 100) line 18"
>
> I´ve tried many things with permissions but nothing make it work.
> Can anyone
> help me?
>
> Thank you.


Jose, one more thing, leave all variables alone in Mikes code. I made that
mistake, trying to substitute the variables in the code. It is ready to go,
don't alter it.

Paul