That would work if client could untar it on the fly. The server is supposed
to serve huge files so it will be an additional headache for the user to
first download an archive then unpack it. Moreover, he will not see per file
progress and have per file control over download queue.

2009/6/21 Wim Dumon <[email protected]>

> What about creating the archive on the fly? This means don't have to
> store the archive before transmitting it. I'm thinking about using
> popen to a gnu tar process...
>
> Wim.
>
> 2009/6/21 Alex Sadovsky <[email protected]>:
> > Unfortunely, zipping won't work for me as the files are supposed to be
> > really large.
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:43 AM, 宋志民 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> this maybe needs two steps:
> >> 1. gzip the selected files into the tmp dir
> >> 2. autostart the download function when "download" button clicked
> >>
> >> I think this will be done by self.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> zhimin
> >>
> >> 2009/6/20 Alex Sadovsky <[email protected]>
> >>>
> >>> Hello!
> >>>
> >>> I need to implement multiple file upload and download in my webapp.
> >>> Something like this: the user sees a list of files with a checkbox
> >>> beside each file. Then he checks some files, enters a directory path
> >>> in his local file system and presses the "download" button. The
> >>> browser should download all selected files to the specified directory.
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody know if Wt can help me to make such an application or if
> >>> it's even possible with modern web technologies?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>
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