CGI scripts / Location header

Daniel DuBois (ddubois@rafiki.spyglass.com)
Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:14:04 -0500

Scenario: User requests a URL that points to an existant CGI script. CGI
script returns a "Location: localfile.html" header, indicating a
'server-side' redirect, and this file doesn't exist.

Is it proper to send a 404 Not Found message? The URL is found, but the
output of the CGI script isn't. Is it better to send a 500 Internal Error
message?

Does it really matter?
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Dan DuBois, Software Animal http://www.spyglass.com/~ddubois/
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