I don't have a linux at hand to prove this idea:
if you're deploy your app in linux ,maybe you can use a soft link to that
directory ,and put the link under your webapp's dir.
hope that will help.
thanks.
lanxiazhi
2009/7/21 Kham Mulman <kmul...@gmail.com>
> you can.
>
> for instance,
>
> File file = new File("C:\\temp\\downloadfilename.csv");
> FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(file);
> ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
>
> byte[] outputByte = new byte[4096];
> //copy binary contect to output stream
> while(fileIn.read(outputByte, 0, 4096) != -1)
> {
> out.write(outputByte, 0, 4096);
> }
> fileIn.close();
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Ritesh399 <ritesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all
> > I am developing a web application using jsp and want to provide some
> links
> > for a user to download data. The data is not in web application's
> > directory(somewhere else on disk)
> > Can I provide a direct link to that data file ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ritesh
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