How to reference a file for download

larrywright · May 3, 2006, 6:58pm

I have an app that uploads files into the directory
RAILS_ROOT/documents/

I tried to access the file for downloading using my file.

Rails prepends the controller name to the link so I get

What’s the right way to do this?

thanks.

larrywright · May 3, 2006, 6:58pm

Put the files in RAILS_ROOT/public/documents

This will make them accesible to anyone.

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On 5/1/06, Larry W. [email protected] wrote:

What’s the right way to do this?

thanks.

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larrywright · May 3, 2006, 6:58pm

That’s the problem
They’re not supposed to be accessable to everyone. Access needs to be
restricted through a controller.

If they go in public is there anyway to filter access?