[thelist] Downloading .jpg & .pdf files
deke
web at master.gen.in.us
Sun May 20 13:54:23 CDT 2001
On 19 May 2001, at 16:59, JTocher posted a message which said:
> Question #1 - Is there anyway in straight HTML (or with a smattering of
> javascript) to download the file when the appropriate link is clicked
> instead of opening it in the browser? I know the file can be 'zipped' which
> will download instead of open the file - was wondering if this is the only
> solution.
This isn't something you do in HTML, this is something you do in
server configuration. When the browser sees a MIME type it doesn't
recognize, it asks the user where to save the file, rather than trying
to open it.
With an NCSA-compatible server like Apache, you simply put a files
in a special download-only directory, and stick an .htaccess file in
that directory for each file type:
AddType application/octet-stream jpg
AddType application/octet-stream pdf
Since the application/octet-stream MIME type is simply a stream of
8-bit data of unknown use, there aren't going to be any applications
set up to open it. If you want to have fun, you can use
AddType application/evolt-download-only jpg
AddType application/evolt-download-only pdf
or even
AddType be/mine jpg
AddType true/love pdf
> Question #2 - Is there any way to 'override' the default download directory
> set in the browser so files downloaded from this site will go into their own
> folder?
Nope.
deke
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