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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc | 15 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc index 2cac8d5..7f026c3 100644 --- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc +++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.asciidoc @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ resp_body() :: iodata() | {sendfile, Offset, Length, Filename} Offset :: non_neg_integer() -Length :: pos_integer() +Length :: non_neg_integer() Filename :: file:name_all() ---- @@ -180,16 +180,9 @@ order they should be sent: Hello world! ---- -When using the sendfile tuple, the `Length` value is mandatory -and must be higher than 0. It is sent with the response in the -content-length header. - -// @todo Make sure we have a test with an empty file... -// @todo cowboy_static should probably NOT return a sendfile tuple if size is 0. - -//%% While sendfile allows a Len of 0 that means "everything past Offset", -//%% Cowboy expects the real length as it is used as metadata. -//%% @todo We should probably explicitly reject it. +Note that the length must be greater than zero for any data +to be sent. Cowboy will send an empty body when the length +is zero. == See also |