Hi there, On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Alistair MacDonald wrote:
> Some web browsers have the annoying tendency to decompress files on download. > They don't tell you they are going to do it, they just do. > > There is nothing wrong with the file size, or the extension. No, there isn't, but then I didn't say that. :) I've been using Netscape under Linux to download gzipped tarball files for several years. I've never seen this before: http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/strange_download.gif but if someone can tell me why it's suddenly happened I'll be pleased to know. It could easily be because I've recently upgraded my desktop machine to Slackware V9 (which has Netscape 7, previously I've been using 4.7 which certainly never did what you say unless you wanted it). It could also be that this was a mistake, because there are a number of things which broke as a result. :( But I've downloaded several gzipped tarballs using the latest Netscape lately and had no problems with it. I feel sure that the content-type is getting confused somewhere along the line but I haven't investigated. The patches applied cleanly - I just had to untar the file without giving the gunzip option to 'tar'. Anyway, my point to Claudia was that if she allowed the download to finish she'd have the file she needs. If she just does a quick mental calculation of the download rate and file size she'll know roughly how long she'll need to wait, despite what the browser tells her. 73, Ged. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
