send_data just sends an empty file

Question

Hi There,

Im looking for a way to download a xml file. I use:

file_path = 'folder/' + xml_name + '.xml'
send_file file_path, :type => "text/xml"

but this always downloads me an empty file. The file itself has 16 KB of data in it...

why is that?

Maechi

Answer 1

Problem saved, but I don't know why

File.open(file_path, 'r') do |f|
  send_data f.read, :type => "text/xml", :filename => "10.xml"
end

send_data is working... but send_file not!