Glenn,
I have to disagree with you.
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 17:31:38 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> IMHO, this *is* a problem with Arachne.
> You see, by default Arachne is treating files without "content-type" as
> if they are text/plain.
> Again IMHO, they sould be treated as text/html
Finding "content type" in the META tags of a web page is the exception
rather than the rule. Do some snooping around the web and you'll see
for yourself.
try http://jump.altavista.com
You won't find the META tag that says content is text/html
Try http://home.snap.com and check there. No text/html
Or http://www.thetechpage.com/cgi-bin/default.cgi
It is *not* the META tags that determine how Arachne sees a page; it is
what the server sends as "file type" that makes some html pages be shown
as text.
Arachne cannot "argue" with the sending server; if it could you might
find yourself saving ASCII versions of d/l'd zip files. <G> On ftp I
have the choice of get/bget but I don't have the choice of changing a
text file to binary by telling the ftp server to *get* the text file in
binary form. I know that's a fact, because I just tested it. I used
bget vol1iss3.txt and the operation switched over to binary mode for the
entire download, then back to A. But the file is still text/plain
anyway. <G>
l.d.
