diff --git a/actions/getfile.php b/actions/getfile.php
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-<?php
-/**
- * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
- *
- * Returns a given file attachment, allowing private sites to only allow
- * access to file attachments after login.
- *
- * PHP version 5
- *
- * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * @category  Personal
- * @package   StatusNet
- * @author    Jeffery To <jeffery.to@gmail.com>
- * @copyright 2008-2009 StatusNet, Inc.
- * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
- * @link      http://status.net/
- */
-
-if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
-    exit(1);
-}
-
-require_once 'MIME/Type.php';
-
-/**
- * Action for getting a file attachment
- *
- * @category Personal
- * @package  StatusNet
- * @author   Jeffery To <jeffery.to@gmail.com>
- * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
- * @link     http://status.net/
- */
-
-class GetfileAction extends Action
-{
-    /**
-     * Path of file to return
-     */
-
-    var $path = null;
-
-    /**
-     * Get file name
-     *
-     * @param array $args $_REQUEST array
-     *
-     * @return success flag
-     */
-
-    function prepare($args)
-    {
-        parent::prepare($args);
-
-        $filename = $this->trimmed('filename');
-        $path = null;
-
-        if ($filename) {
-            $path = common_config('attachments', 'dir') . $filename;
-        }
-
-        if (empty($path) or !file_exists($path)) {
-            $this->clientError(_('No such file.'), 404);
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (!is_readable($path)) {
-            $this->clientError(_('Cannot read file.'), 403);
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        $this->path = $path;
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Is this page read-only?
-     *
-     * @return boolean true
-     */
-
-    function isReadOnly($args)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Last-modified date for file
-     *
-     * @return int last-modified date as unix timestamp
-     */
-
-    function lastModified()
-    {
-        return filemtime($this->path);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * etag for file
-     *
-     * This returns the same data (inode, size, mtime) as Apache would,
-     * but in decimal instead of hex.
-     *
-     * @return string etag http header
-     */
-    function etag()
-    {
-        $stat = stat($this->path);
-        return '"' . $stat['ino'] . '-' . $stat['size'] . '-' . $stat['mtime'] . '"';
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Handle input, produce output
-     *
-     * @param array $args $_REQUEST contents
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-
-    function handle($args)
-    {
-        // undo headers set by PHP sessions
-        $sec = session_cache_expire() * 60;
-        header('Expires: ' . date(DATE_RFC1123, time() + $sec));
-        header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=' . $sec);
-        header('Pragma: public');
-
-        parent::handle($args);
-
-        $path = $this->path;
-        header('Content-Type: ' . MIME_Type::autoDetect($path));
-        readfile($path);
-    }
-}