James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
> I notice that Firefox and Opera have the same nasty behavior when
> downloading plain *.gz files (not tar.gz, or .tgz, I think).
> 
> 1. The .gz is uncompressed. Another case of unwanted favors! :-(
> 2. The filename is left as .gz, causing additional consternation. :(
> 
> Now, Epiphany works as desired/expected. And wget works fine.
> 
> Does anybody know how I can turn off this unwelcome unrequested favor?

For firefox:

Edit -> Preferences -> Content -> File Types -> Manage.

Set BZ2, GZ, TGZ, Z options to "Save to Disk".

David Looney

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