Re: [OT] file transfer over http?

[Jeff <jeff virgin net>]

It'll be over http - easyiest way to find out is the address..

ftp://yoursite.com/file.tgz <---ftp (ftp:// at the start)
http://yoursite.com/file.tgz <---ftp (http:// at the start)

If you want them to download the file via ftp then you must setup an ftp
daemon (vs-ftpd or similar) since ,AFAIK, apache doesnt do anything with
ftp, then put the file in a public directory and amend the link on the
webpage.
Jeff


> On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 19:33, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
> > Okay, this is off topic, but I haven't found it on the internet (or if I
> > did, it wasn't the answer I was looking for, LOL)
> > 
> > If I put a file on my apache web server and then put a link to that file on
> > a web page, then somebody clicks on the link and downloads the file, is it
> > over ftp or http?  I could have sworn it's over http, but can't find the rfc
> > that defines file transfer over http.  I've looked at rfc 1945 and 2068, but
> > I can't see where they talk about file transfers (though they are LONG
> > documents and I might have missed it).
> > 
> > Anybody know which it is, and have a reference to back it up?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Ben
> >