How to download a file via a direct link but require user to be logged in?

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Hi Everyone,

I have a series of files that I want to make available to members of my site.

I want to display them on public pages of my site, however, because there are many of them I want to use a csv spreadsheet and the Easy Tables addon to display the files. The (excellent) addon isn't highly relevant to my question but it allows me to publish a list of links easily.

My question is whether I can create a directory on my server and link to files in it in such a way that the user would have to be logged in? Without importing the files using file manager.

Many thanks,
Mike

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