I am looking for a way to include files which may be uploaded to a temporary folder with FTP or similar to the server and then pointed to from the filefield. This would be very helpful due to the fact that many files are too large to upload via http. The secondary field could be a drop down box listing the contents of the temporary folder or a simple text field where the path could be manually entered. The file is then used instead of the primary upload field and is added to the database and to the node while bypassing the actual "uploading" process. If this could be implemented or anyone has a way to implement this, it would be greatly appreciated.

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sliiiiiide’s picture

sliiiiiide commented

subscribing, this is what I'm after too...

Christopher Herberte’s picture

Christopher Herberte commented

subscribing, I would use this feature -- even providing a filename relative to files/ would be great!

Rob T’s picture

Rob T commented

I'd love this also.

aaron’s picture

aaron commented

should already be able to do this with a combo of media mover and filefield.

shittii’s picture

shittii commented

I don't know if to post here or to the media mover support request, but how do you do that? This would be brilliant but the documentation of Media Mover is not that good at the moment. Also are there any other methods?

dopry’s picture

dopry commented
Status: Active » Fixed

There is a new function in field_file.inc field_file_save_file() which saves files from system paths to the drupal filesystem... needs a UI, but functions for importing... drewish has some working code... Would love it if someone worked on a UI now that the functionality is in...

but gonna call it fixed since it's possible and waiting on someone to do the dirty work of building a UI for it.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.