ns_return(3aolserver)					    AOLserver Built-In Commands 				     ns_return(3aolserver)

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NAME

       ns_connsendfp,	ns_respond,  ns_return,  ns_returnadminnotice,	ns_returnbadrequest,  ns_returnerror,  ns_returnfile,  ns_returnforbidden,
       ns_returnfp, ns_returnnotfound, ns_returnnotice, ns_returnredirect, ns_returnunauthorized, ns_write - commands

SYNOPSIS

       ns_connsendfp fp len

       ns_respond

       ns_return status type string

       ns_returnadminnotice status msg ?longmsg?

       ns_returnbadrequest reason

       ns_returnerror status msg

       ns_returnfile status type filename

       ns_returnforbidden

       ns_returnfp status type fileid len

       ns_returnnotfound

       ns_returnnotice status msg ?longmsg?

       ns_returnredirect location

       ns_returnunauthorized

       ns_write string
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DESCRIPTION

       These procedures provide a simple interface for returning information to the client. They build HTTP/1.0 headers and send  the  appropriate
       data  out the socket to the client. The script does not end at the time ns_return* is invoked so you can continue processing data after the
       client has gotten the data and closed the socket.

       type should be a MIME type (see ns_guesstype manual page for a list).  status is a three-digit number fitting the pattern below: 1xx Infor-
       mational - Not used, but reserved for future use.  2xx Success - The action was successfully received, understood, and accepted.  3xx Redi-
       rection - Further action must be taken in order to complete the request.  4xx Client Error - The request contains bad syntax or	cannot	be
       fulfilled.  5xx Server Error - The server failed to fulfill an apparently valid request.  Some common status values and their meanings are:
       201 Created 202 Accepted 203 Provisional Information 204 No Content 300 Multiple Choices 301 Moved Permanently 302  Moved  Temporarily  303
       Method  304  Not  Modified 401 Unauthorized 402 Payment Required 403 Forbidden 404 Not Found 405 Method Not Allowed 406 None Acceptable 407
       Proxy Authentication Required 408 Request Time-out 409 Conflict 410 Gone 501 Not Implemented 502 Bad Gateway 503  Service  Unavailable  504
       Gateway Time-out ns_connsendfp
	      This function writes len bytes of the specified channel or file to the conn.
       ns_return
	      Sends back both the headers and the string.
       ns_returnadminnotice
	      Wraps  the text msg and longmsg in some html, appends a line with a link to "mailto:serveradministrator" based on the virtual server
	      parameter "WebMaster".
       ns_returnbadrequest
	      Returns a 400 status code and a formatted HTML message containing the reason text.
       ns_returnerror
	      Wraps the text msg in some html and returns that to the client.
       ns_returnfile
	      Sends back the headers and the contents of the file.
       ns_returnforbidden
	      Returns a 403 status code.
       ns_returnfp
	      First sends the appropriate headers.  Next, it writes out the contents of file from the current file position until the end  of  the
	      file.
       ns_returnnotfound
	      Returns a 404 status code.
       ns_returnnotice
	      Wraps teh text msg and longmsg in some html and returns that to the client.
       ns_returnredirect
	      Returns a redirect to the passed in location
       ns_returnunauthorized
	      Returns a 401 status code
       ns_write
	      Writes  the  string  out	the  connection.  You can use it instead of the ns_return or ns_respond functions to build HTTP responses.
	      AOLserver will not include the usual headers on the output data. The script does not end at the time ns_write* is invoked so you can
	      continue processing data after the client has gotten the data and closed the socket.

SEE ALSO

       ns_respond(n), ns_writefp(n)

KEYWORDS

AOLserver								4.0						     ns_return(3aolserver)