dowloading files

I am creating a file archive for up/downloading files.

I have seen ( in my net surfing ) two ways that a tag has
prompted me to specify where to put the file.

1) there is the <a href=ftp:// .....

2) and the other was simply a <a href=http:// but when the
url was reached it prompted me as if it were a ftp protocol and
was ready to download this file.


The server I am running on currently isn't set up for anonymous ftp, so
this prohibits the ftp protocol from ever reaching the file.
This may change, however, I am curious to understand how the second way worked.
Is there a way to get this download feature in the browser to be activated from
a script when the script is called using regular http protocol?

John


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