On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Peter Teuben wrote:

> I'm trying to  download URLs with -source, and for certain files
> it will apply certain mailcap optinos, e.g.
> 
>       lynx -source ftp://......../file.tar.gz
> 
> it will gunzip the file.tar.gz file, presumably from my local mailcap
> entry.
> 
> How can one prevent this, I want the true .gz file.

Surprise workaround #1:
With a recent 2.8.3dev *compiled with -DMISC_EXP*, add
     -convert_to=www/download

Surprise workaround #2:
For any recent or not-so-recent version, add -base
(that does it for me at least).

    Klaus

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