[Catalyst] Question on serving files

[J. Shirley]

Hi Joe,

If you really want Catalyst to do this, check out
Catalyst::Plugin::Static::Simple and its configuration options.

It typically yields much better results to leave that action to your
webserver, though.


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On 2/16/07, joeandjackie at boltblue.com <joeandjackie at boltblue.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a catalyst application which displays a list of files in a directory.
> I would like to provide an anchor on the files to have them download according
> to their
> mime-type.
> e.g. Clicking on a link to an excel file will stream the file with mime-type
> application/excel just as though it came from an indexed folder.
>
> How do I do this through the Catalyst handler & response mechanism?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
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