1. Re: euphor22.tar
about extensions-
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>Previously I tried naming the file with .tgz file type, and
>that's fine, except that some versions of Netscape
>think that .tgz is a "text" file, and so the line terminators are
>changed, and the file will always be corrupted when it's
>downloaded.
Isn't it possible to configure netscape correctly instead of
giving an unacurate extension? (Just a question:I didn't try)
>I could use the .tar.gz extension that seems
>to be the standard in the Linux world, but I find the
>file name gets mangled when downloading to DOS/Windows,
>for instance Internet Explorer changes "euphor22.tar.gz"
>into "euphor22_tar.tar", so you still end up with a .tar file
>after downloading, plus the name is wrong.
IMO what happens in dos/windows to a file that can't be used
in dos/windows has no importance- if you download it with
netscape/windows, before using it on linux you can easily
rename it. But if you access from linux, it is correct.
As a rule, I prefer that everything linux-specific would follow
the general naming habits. Just as you pointed out: people
don't read instructions. th only way to get rid of this is to
give a stupid name, so that you're forced to rename it after
downloading- and to read the instruction!
Riwal Raude
rauder at thmulti.com
