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--- includes/file.inc
+++ includes/file.inc
@@ -555,8 +555,17 @@
     drupal_set_header($header);
   }
 
-  $source = file_create_path($source);
+  //$source = file_create_path($source);
+  $handler = variable_get('file_transfer_handler', 'file_transfer_default');
+  call_user_func($handler, file_create_path($source));
+  exit();
+}
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @param $source File to transfer.
+ */
+function file_transfer_default($source){
   // Transfer file in 1024 byte chunks to save memory usage.
   if ($fd = fopen($source, 'rb')) {
     while (!feof($fd)) {
@@ -567,10 +576,21 @@
   else {
     drupal_not_found();
   }
-  exit();
 }
 
+
 /**
+ *
+ * @param $source File to transfer.
+ */
+function file_transfer_xsendfile($source) {
+    // Let the web server do the heavy lifting.
+    // TODO : add file path validation
+    header('X-Sendfile: '.variable_get('path_to_drupal_root', '').$source);
+ }
+
+
+/**
  * Call modules that implement hook_file_download() to find out if a file is
  * accessible and what headers it should be transferred with. If a module
  * returns -1 drupal_access_denied() will be returned. If one or more modules