>> > Sorry if this has been answered, I've not run across the answer. I've >> noticed a couple of projects' recent binary builds are named X.tar.gz >> but are actually just straight tar files. Its a bit unwise IMO to name >> tar files .tar.gz if they're not gzipped because dimwits like me type >> "tar xvzf" on them and then tar or gzip tells them its corrupt and they >> download it again before realizing its just not gzipped (or assume the >> build is just corrupt).
> Is this perhaps because the server they're on is sending them using gzip > encoding which means that the browser expands them as it downloads. > Apache does that. If you have index.html.gz for example it'll be served > compressed and expanded by the browser. Ah. You learn something new every day. I was not aware of that. Thanks! -Andy -- www.superlinksoftware.com www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
