[thelist] Force download in ColdFusion?

[Joe Crawford]

Pete Prodoehl wrote:
> In perl I've used the following hack:
> 
>   #!/usr/local/bin/perl
>   open (FILE, "/path/to/file");
>   local ($/);
>   $file = <FILE>;
>   close (FILE);
>   print "Content-type: application/x-unknown\n";
>   print "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=file.tsv\n";
>   print "Content-Description: This is a tab-delimited file.\n\n";
>   print $file;
> to present a "Save As..." dialog box and force the download of a file,
> rather than have it displayed within the browser.
> I'm looking for a way to do the same thing in ColdFusion, can anyone provide
> pointers or a sample?

How about something like this:
<cfcontent type=application/x-unknown">
<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment;
filename=file.tsv">
<cfheader name="Content-Description" value="This is a tab-delimited
file.">
<cflocation url="#file#">

--- but that's just a guess.

	- Joe
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