It's just a browser attachment Anand, no mail invovled. On Feb 6, 11:22 pm, "news.anand11" <[email protected]> wrote: > you should try to use pony gem. I have tested to send mail with pdf files > as attachment. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Robert Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > bertly_the_coder wrote in post #1044365: > > > I have a rails application that creates a couple of csv file, zips > > > them up and sends them to the client as an attachment(for download) > > > using this line: > > > > send_file t.path, :x_sendfile => true, :type => 'application/ > > > zip', :filename => "invited_friends_stats.zip" > > > When I view the zipped file created on the server, I'm able to use it, > > > however, when I download the file through the application, it > > > uncompresses into a .zip.cpgz file, while in turn compresses into a > > > zip file which compresses into a .zip.cpgz file, etc, etc. > > > What is .zip.cpgz? > > > > I then downloaded "The Unarchiver" app (on Mac OSX) and when I try and > > > open the .zip file I get an error: "the contents cannot be extracted > > > with this program" > > > I don't know why you would need this app. Mac OS X, at least any > > reasonably recent version, natively understands the .zip file format. > > These can typically be expanded by double-clicking them in Finder. > > > > Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Encoding error, etc? > > > Is there something I'm missing from the line above, or in my > > > configuration that would fix this? > > > What did you use to compress the file server-side? My first guess is > > that the file is in some unsupported .zip format. It's also possible > > that the browser is trying to do some weird interpretation of the file. > > Are you sure your server is properly informing the browser of the > > correct content-type (mime-type)? I mean I see that you have specified > > that in your send_file, but did you actually look at the response in the > > browser to be sure? If you're using a WebKit based browser you can see > > that information using the Web Inspector. If using FireFox there's > > Firebug. > > > As far as I know Mac OS X should support standard zip (content-type: > > application/zip) or GNU ZIP (content-type: application/x-gzip), and > > probably some others as well. But, if you stick to one of those two you > > should be fine. > > > I would also compare the file that was compressed on the server with the > > file downloaded via the browser. If you run the two of them through a > > SHA1 you'll be able to tell if the file is arriving intact. > > > $ openssl dgst -sha1 MyZip.zip > > SHA1(Untitled.rtf)= 17388cb38afe3d0f36a086458c96e334d6ec7e2c > > > Run something like that against the file on the server and the one > > downloaded through the browser. If the hashes match you know you're not > > getting corruption over the wire. > > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
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