Hi,
I did this the other day with a bat file.
First I cause an open/save prompt with
response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=somebat.bat");
Then I use the response.getOutputStream() and stream the bat file down it. This
requires of course that you get an inputstream to your bat file first. Copy it
into your webapp somewhere and use the servlet context
getRealPath("/bat/mybat.bat") and then i/o API to read it into an input stream
before sending outbound again.
I found that setting content type of application/msdos-x-batch failed, as did
others, just send it without a content type as a open/save.
You'd do this in a servlet.
Allistair
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nick sturm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 24 August 2005 17:21
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: newbie with a short question
>
>
> I am new to any web server, but hopefully this question is
> easilly answered:
>
> If I wanted to make a link to execute a .bat file locally on the
> server when a link is pressed, how would I do so?
>
> I am making a pan/tiltable webcam and hope to use the siple
> controls shown here:
> http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/byte.htm
>
> my major confusion stems from there not being a cgi directory. (upon
> first inspection)
>
> Sorry for my ignorance,
> -n
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