Well, I don't think it is as simple as that. If only it was.I was being rather specific in picking on tars and bzips but I think it is the company (Reuters) LAN or the CD writer just misbehaving somewhere. James. ----- Original Message ----- From: Albert Y.C. Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 4:16 PM Subject: Re: RPMs > "James Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Because my office network and CD writer, in a concerted attempt, do > > not wish me to copy any file that ends with .tar or .bz2 > > When you download the files, save it with a name (and type) of your > choice. If necessary, further change the name and the type after > downloading. The name and the type do not have to be anything close > to tar, gzip, bz2, etc. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]