How to download a text file from server to client?

[vaisakh.ak]

hi,
I am devoloping a web application using JSP and Servlets.
The first thing I need to know is how to create a text file in the
sever.
Once the text file is created there should be an option for
downloading it to the client.It could a link.On click of that link the
user should be able to save it to the client.

any help will be great!
thanks in advance.
---------------------------chik

 

[christopher]

if it sounds like homework, it probably is homework.
This is basic browser stuff -- how does a browser receive a file and
how does the browser know what to do with the file? try doing the
assignment or *browsing* the web looking for java servlet tutorials