- From: Stuart Young <nakor@glasswings.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 23:53:37 +1000 (EST)
- To: Francisco Pinto <francis@di.uminho.pt>
- cc: francis@di.uminho.pt, www-html@w3.org, www-talk@w3.org
On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Francisco Pinto wrote: > How can I execute an application > > Binary Executable (application/octet-stream) (exe,bin) > > immediately after download it from the Internet through a Browser, without > saving it to disk? Without saving it to disk is 'hard' indeed! In fact, I'd say it'd at least get saved to disk as a cache measure. > The goal is to install automatically a software package, running first > the setup application. I know that this could be dangerous in security > terms. But this case, is a particular case, where I know what software > pack I will run. This alos depends what browser you are running. I know there is a plug-in for netscape that is specifically for installing software, but I have NO IDEA of how much it costs to use/liciense on either end, or whatever! /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Stuart Young (aka Cefiar) - You may be human, but you're still animals! | | nakor@glasswings.com.au - Man is territorial. Violence is our response. | \--------------------------------------------------------------------------/
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