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 > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
