This article relates to Drupal 5.x
Drupal can handle public and private files. It’s quite good at this. However, when displaying a link to your files, there’s something you should be aware of:
Do not:
<?php
print l('somefile', $node->files[0]->filepath);
?>
Do:
<?php
print l('somefile', file_create_url($node->files[0]->filepath));
?>
The former will work as long as Drupal’s file system is set to public. Once set to private, it will make you cry.
