Just configure your apache server to associated .jar files to file type application/octets-stream, this should force every browser to download
Le Mercredi 8 Juin 2005 09:40, ERACC a �crit : > On Wednesday 08 June 2005 01:02 am > > Lalo Martins wrote: > > And so says ERACC on 06/08/2005 01:11 PM... > > > > > http://www.eracc.com/files/CFJavaEditor.jar.tar.gz > > > > (0.5 off-topic) > > > > Gene, I'm under the impression that a jar is a glorified zip file; > > Basically, it is. > > > is there any benefit in making a tar.gz of it? > > Yes, for broken browsers (if used for DL) that will attempt to open > the file in a window because they have no clue what a .jar is. Most > browsers should know how to handle .tar.gz by now. I would just use > wget and not worry about the extension but I realize not everyone > does things the way I do. > > Could also use .zip extension in place of .jar (I think, haven't > tried that so going on anecdotal mention) but that might be a wee bit > confusing to some who would DL and attempt to unzip it. > > Gene _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
