Try to use urls of this form:

http://server:port/servlet/FileServeServlet/fileName.ext

The "fileName.ext" string, with any directory prefixes after the servlet's
name ("FileServeServlet" ) can be retrieved using the
HttpServletRequest.getPathInfo()  call.

Cezar.


"To err is human, to forgive, beyond the scope of the Operating System"

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alvaro Fuentes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 2:13 PM
> Subject: Problem downloadind files.
>
>
> > We are developing a servlet that serves files from the server writing on
> > ServletOutputStream. The problem is that when the browser asks for the
> file's
> > name, the default is the servlet's name, not the file's name. How can we
> tell the
> > browser the file's name? Any header field? We are using
> > "application/octect-stream" as content-type.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
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