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The URI header, if that's what it is currently called
(lot's of things changed during the specification of
HTTP 1.1), may still not be supported by current browsers or
servers.
BTW, I made a mistake in describing what happens when
a CGI program does a redirect. The Location header
line returned by the CGI program is caught by the server
and translated into a different status code, either 301
or 302; one is permanent, one is temporary, but their
meanings are blurred due to mistaken behavior by servers
and browsers. HTTP 1.1 introduces a new status code: 303
which means 'see this URL', which is another kind of
redirect. In all cases, the URL is sent by the server
to the browser in a header line whose name I forgot.
I don't have a copy of the spec, and I'd rather not
guess.
The URL or the page on redirects was almost right:
http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/redirect.html
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HTTP 1.1 
Changing the URL
(Roscoe)
