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Hi,

I want to download multiple files by clicking a link. How can i achieve this?

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The most common thing to do is zip up all the files on the server and return that. HTTP returns one request per response and browsers are not set up to receive multi-part responses this way.
 
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hi,

check yahoo how yahoo mail works with multiple files to download.
 
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Originally posted by pradeep jaladi:
check yahoo how yahoo mail works with multiple files to download.


When multiple files are sent in an email message, the Yahoo email client creates one linke per file. That's not what the original question asked.
 
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Hi Ben,

Thanks for your quick reply. I have another question related to this.
If i zip all the files how am i going to extract them on a unix box.
Is there any other format which can be used on windows and unix.

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zip files are not Windows-specific.
 
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Like Bear said.

Look at java.util.zip
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/zip/package-frame.html
This can be done right in process with pure Java so it won't matter what OS the server or client is using.

I've had Linux on my workstations for over 8 years and have never had a problem working with zip files.
 
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Thanks to every one for helping me out.
 
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