On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 04:48:02 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> The web site named below has a message and an attached UUENCODED file
>> which, when properly decoded, will be a self-extracting archive for a
>> dummy packet driver and associated docs and source code.
>> http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month011998/msg00057.html
>> Using Arachne 1.66, I downloaded the file to disk. Then I snipped out
>> the UUENCODED text and attempted to UUDECODE it. I got an error
>> message saying there was an invalid character in line 3. The same thing
>> happened when I accessed the same URL with Net-Tamer and downloaded the
>> file and attempted to UUDECODE it.
>> When I access the site using the DOSLYNX 386 browser, everything works
>> fine. I download the file and it decodes properly. BTW, the dummy packet
>> driver works just great for doing off-line work on several of my DOS
>> internet applications.
>> Does anyone else have problems with maintaining the integrity of this
>> UUENCODED text when downloading it and saving it with Arachne? In
>> reporting your results, whether good or bad, please do not forget to
> I have found downloading with Arachne to be a nuisance, trying to fish for the
> download file cryptically named in the cache. DOSLYNX 386 is much nicer, you
> just type d on the link, and after downloading, are prompted for the path and
> file name to save to.
Curious indeed. When I download with Arachne files are saved to
\arachne\download. All you have to do is press alt -e and then
type dir download and you'll get the directory listing. Or you can
mouse click through the desktop. No fishing around in the cache
required.
You do have to first click on "save file" after the download and
Arachne copies the downloaded file to the download directory.
You can specify in "Options" where you want downloads to go--that is
to say in what directory you want them placed.
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan
USA
-- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
