Mime-type and/or extension of script file

I would like to generate a script file dynamically on my web server and then have it downloaded to my users such that they can simply double-click the file and have it execute. I've gotten pretty close by using the ".command" extension, but it still requires a "chmod +x filename" after download in order to work properly. Is there another extension or a mime-type that I could use that would cause Mac OS X 10.4 and/or 10.5 to grant execute rights to the user that downloaded it? I'm not married to it being shell script if it can be done with AppleScript, Ruby, etc that would be great. It basically just has to be text file (non-binary format) so I can dynamically generate it on the server side.

Hi Daniel,
do you use EPG, mod_plsql or APEX Listener? Have you changed the connection mechanism after upgrading to 4.2.1?
If you use the APEX Listener, which version do you use? Which browser and version do you use to upload the file? Does it reproduce with other browsers as well?
Regards
Patrick
Member of the APEX development team
My Blog: http://www.inside-oracle-apex.com
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Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/patrickwolf

[svn] 1607: Set svn:mime-type and svn: eol-style on LICENSE and NOTICE files in the lib directory.

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.oO(Art)
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warning
>-------------------------
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