# Writing to an USB Flash Drive **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 19, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587 "2007-12-19T00:11:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artybala)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587/1 "2007-12-19T00:11:47Z")
Hi., I would like to provide my website visitors the ability to store images from the site in to a USB flash drive. User will click the image or pressing a submit button after selecting it. Can some one guide me on how I can do this using ROR? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Bala ---
**Author:** ![artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artybala)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587/2 "2007-12-19T00:33:59Z")
This is more of a usability problem, it’s nothing RoR can do itself since RoR can’t tell if a user has a flash drive installed and what drive it’s installed as. On Dec 19, 2007 9:40 AM, artybala [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks > Bala > > > – Ryan B. > **[frozenplague.net](http://www.frozenplague.net)** > > This domain may be for sale! ---
**Author:** ![artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artybala)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587/3 "2007-12-19T16:09:48Z")
Look up the docs for send\_file or send\_data and, in particular, the :disposition and :filename options. -Rob ---
**Author:** ![artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artybala)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587/4 "2007-12-19T22:01:56Z")
Thanks Rob. Will check on that. Anyway i can supress the “save/open/ cancel” window and directly save it the thumb drive? On Dec 19, 9:09 am, Rob B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artybala)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587/5 "2007-12-19T22:13:57Z")
Removing the dialog would be bad (if it is even possible). I have like to determine where the photos are going to be saved on my own computer. Is this going to be a kiosk type thing where USB is the only option? ---
**Author:** ![artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artybala)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587/6 "2007-12-19T23:03:20Z")
This is not possible because of security reasons. It would give you the possibility to write arbitrary data to every place on disk that the user has access to without his knowledge. (On Windows XP: usually everywhere, like… boot.ini? Any EvE players here?) ---
**Author:** ![artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artybala)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587/7 "2007-12-19T22:44:25Z")
It is not like a kiosk, but USB thumb drive is the designed option. Say you want to select photos from flikr and take it to costco for printing. i don’t want my user to do a “save as” or anything. one click it goes to the thumb drive straight.! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@artybala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artybala)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-an-usb-flash-drive/123587/8 "2007-12-20T16:11:38Z")
Thanks Florian.