From: Fredy <ferasc@...>
Date: 2008-06-05T02:39:13+09:00
Subject: Re: download a file

On Jun 4, 1:26 pm, Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackr...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
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> Fredy wrote:
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> | Hello
> | I have a file on the server and i want it to be downloadable by users
> | when they press on a link. i tried send_date, but it created a new
> | file instead of grabbing the existing one.
> | Here is the code
> |
> |  def download
> |  send_data(  path=>"public/files/test.doc" , :filename => "test.doc",
> | :type => "text/doc", :disposition => "attachment")
> |  end
> |
> | any help will be appreciated :)
>
> Is this Rails, Merb, or...?
>
> Anyway, if it is a framework, you might be better off asking the
> community around the framework for hints and help. ;)
>
> Anyway, if you are using Rails you could use link_to, for example, as
> described here:
>
> http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToLinkToStaticFile
>
> Note: The code presented there could be vulnerable to code injection, so
> proceed with caution.
>
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Hello
It's Rails :)
here is the view code:
 <%= link_to "Download", { :action => "download" }  , :post => true
%>

as i said in my previous thread, the file is already in the server; no
need to create, just download it. but i got a new file created
instead, with nothing in it.
Thank youg