Re: Link to download files on another part of system - SOLVED!

Ave, I think I did it! I created a sharepoint within my web server (inside my website) and mounted the share on that sharepoint. Once I did that, I specified correct paths and my downloads are now working. I created a ³jump menu² select list and this is what I¹ve come up with: <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> function openVox(form) { var newIndex = form.voxSelect.selectedIndex; if (newIndex == 0) { //alert( "Please select a file to download!" ); } else { dlvox = form.voxSelect.options[newIndex].value; window.location.assign(dlvox); } } </SCRIPT> <FORM NAME="voxForm" STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <SELECT NAME="voxSelect" onChange="openVox(this.form)"> <OPTION>... Choose Recording ...</OPTION> <?php exec("find /Library/WebServer/Documents/website.com/folder/vox -type f -name ".$row['PHONE']."*.vox", $files); foreach ($files as $value) { echo "<OPTION VALUE='vox/".basename($value)."'>".basename($value)."</option>"; } ?> </SELECT> </FORM> Now it¹s able to pull up filenames associated with a record using it¹s phone number and the wildcard method suggested previously, and a user can select the file from a drop down and it comes up for Download. Perfect! Thanks!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rahul Sitaram Johari CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com E: sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely² >> Ave, >> >> I¹m going to try creating the sharepoint within my webserver, as suggested >> by you and tijnema. I think that¹s probably the easiest and quickest >> solution to this. I¹ll report back! >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> On 3/29/07 4:48 PM, "Daniel Brown" <parasane@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Rahul, >>> >>> Your best bet in this case, with the most minimal coding, would be to >>> either symlink the individual files into a web-accessible directory, or >>> symlink the directory containing those files into a web-accessible location. >>> However, this part would be up to you, determinable by your current system >>> configuration and potential security risks ( e.g. - the directory is also >>> the >>> parent directory for information needing to remain secure, so we don't want >>> to >>> symlink the directory). >>> >>> Another option would be to read the file through a script and output it >>> sending a MIME type prior to the data output, placing the name of the file >>> on >>> the server into the output bugger head so that the user would see it simply >>> as >>> a direct download. >>> >>> On 3/29/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com> wrote: >>>> Ave, >>>> >>>> This is actually a continuation of my previous ³Show files using Wildcards² >>>> thread, but a different problem. >>>> >>>> Code: >>>> >>>> <?php >>>> exec("find /Users/rjohari/Documents/XFER/espi -type f -name >>>> ".$row['PHONE']."*.vox", $files); >>>> foreach ($files as $value) { >>>> echo "<font face=arial size=1><a >>>> href='/Users/rjohari/Documents/XFER/osm/ESPI/".basename($value)."'>".basena>>>> m >>>> e($value)."</a></font><BR>"; >>>> } >>>> ?> >>>> >>>> The files I¹m linking to, in order to let the User download them, reside on >>>> a mounted share on my system. They are on in the Apache Web Server htdocs >>>> folder where my website resides. How do I make these files available to >>>> download if they are not in my webserver folder? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Rahul Sitaram Johari >>>> CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. >>>> >>>> W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com >>>> E: sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com >>>> >>>> ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely² >>>>