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From: Bryan Ogawa at Work <bogawa@netvoyage.net>
To: Dale <dale2@fifth-avenue.com>
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Subject: Re: Sending an exe or zip via HTML
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On Fri, 24 Mar 1995, Dale wrote:

> Hi 
> 
> Does anyone know why when I code an HTML A REF to allow a user to 
> download a file (like an exe or a zip) only the code shows up on the 
> screen rather than the usual Netscape (Save To DIsk) dialogue box?
> 
> Does this have something to do with the file's mode or ownership?
> 
> How do I code an HTML line to let a user download such a file?

This is in your httpd's configuration.  Look in your mime.types file, or 
by editing your srm.conf file and adding appropriate AddType entries for 
.zip and .exe .

see http://www.apache.org/ or http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ for Apache and 
NCSA httpds....

after doing this, then:

<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/file/path/goes/here/file.zip">Download 
file.zip</a>

will do it.

bryan

> 
> Thanks
> 
> dale
> 
> 

Bryan K. Ogawa
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