On 11/20/2013 3:55 AM, Jim Taylor wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> I prefer to do my updates locally after downloading the installer files. >> I maintain my own PC and also my wife's. Thus, I want to download once >> and install twice. >> >> For an incremental update of a Mozilla-based applications, I download >> the .partial.mar file. Then I use a DOS script to do the install. >> >> Today is the first time I tried this with my new Windows 7 PC using >> seamonkey-2.22-2.22.1.partial.mar. Oops! It happens that a .mar file >> in Windows 7 is a Microsoft Office Access Report Shortcut file, and a >> .partial file is an IE Partial Download file. Thus, the downloaded >> SeaMonkey update has an icon with a bent arrow in the lower-left corner >> to indicate it is a shortcut. >> >> Worse, the actual file name got changed to >> seamonkey-2.22-2.22.1.partial.mar.mar. Yes, the .mar extension now >> appears twice at the end of the file name! This doubled extension is >> not visible when viewing the file in a Windows Explorer window; only one >> .mar is seen. Also, the FTP log that I get when I download files does >> not show the doubled extension. I had to use a DOS window to see it. >> Apparently, Windows 7 added the extra .mar. >> >> This doubled extension, of course broke my script and the Mozilla >> updater.exe that it uses. Since updater.exe requires the .mar file to >> be named update.mar, I had to add the following to my DOS script: >> If EXIST update.mar.mar ren update.mar.mar update.mar >> >> Followup-To set to mozilla.support.seamonkey. >> > > What are you using to download the update? I do not have that problem > with Windows 7 Home Premium. I can download > seamonkey-2.22-2.22.1.partial.mar using either the windows 7 command > line ftp program or using SeaMonkey and it is downloaded and named > correctly. > > Jim >
Windows 7 (x64) WS_FTP95 LE 6.0.5.1 Yes, my FTP application is OOOOLLLLLDDDDD. But it normally serves my needs. The basic file transfer protocol (FTP) has not changed in this century. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Where does your elected official stand? Which politicians refuse to tell us where they stand? See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at <http://votesmart.org/>. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
