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    copied!<p>Actually I was coding for downloading the files in HTTP using winsock c++ and to get the details I fired "HEAD" header..</p> <p>(this is what actually I did)</p> <pre> HEAD /files/ODBC%20Programming%20in%20C%2B%2B.pdf HTTP/1.0 Host: devmentor-unittest.googlecode.com </pre> <p>Response was:</p> <pre> HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Set-Cookie: PREF=ID=feeed8106df5e5f1:TM=1370157208:LM=1370157208:S=10bN4nrXqkcCDN5n; expires=Tue, 02-Jun-2015 07:13:28 GMT; path=/; domain=devmentor-unittest.googlecode.com X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 07:13:28 GMT Server: codesite_downloads Content-Length: 974 X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN </pre> <p>But if I do:</p> <pre> GET /files/ODBC%20Programming%20in%20C%2B%2B.pdf HTTP/1.0 Host: devmentor-unittest.googlecode.com </pre> <p>The file sucessfully gets downloaded....</p> <p>After then after I download, again if I fire the HEAD request... it also brings up the following</p> <pre> HTTP/1.0 200 OK Content-Length: 320381 Content-Type: application/pdf Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ODBC Programming in C++.pdf" Accept-Ranges: bytes Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 05:47:11 GMT Last-Modified: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:17:59 GMT Expires: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 05:47:11 GMT Cache-Control: public, max-age=604800 Server: DFE/largefile //something like this..... </pre> <p>Question: why "HEAD" is returning the false "error not found" at first but the file gets downloaded in using "GET" and after downloading "HEAD" also returns goodies i need...where have i mistaken..</p> <p>The file I am trying to download here is "<a href="http://devmentor-unittest.googlecode.com/files/ODBC%20Programming%20in%20C%2B%2B.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://devmentor-unittest.googlecode.com/files/ODBC%20Programming%20in%20C%2B%2B.pdf</a>" (just for example)</p>
 

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