On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > The correct size of the file is 1,039,025 bytes. > > This lets you know that if the file you got is less than that size. > The download is incomplete and you must do it again.
Errr, no, you managed to confuse a lot of software by creating a gzipped file that had the wrong file extension on it. Seems like most software detected it as a gzipped file, but only some automatically gunzipped it, and did it without asking. > There... I found the problem. > > I just did the D/L using Lynx. > > It downloaded and saved the file as ara171ue.exe.gz (1,21,462 bytes) > > This means that to make it usable I will now need to Gunzip > it to ara171ue.exe > > Lynx is doing it all wrong. :(((( No, Lynx is doing exactly the right thing. It detected it as a gzipped file and tells you and, by default, downloads it as such and labels it as such. But if you tell Lynx you want the .exe file than it gunzips it! Other software just download the file as is. Netscape/Mozilla for example, which is also correct behviour. Internet explorer, however, gunzips it without telling you. As does Arachne. IMHO, this is not correct behaviour. I also tried wget on that file, and it did do the extraction. I guess on the basis that ask it for the .exe file and not the gzipped version. -- Gregor J Jones mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston MA
