"Joe Conway (wwc)" <jconway@cox.net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >
> >> -rwxr--r-- 1 root cvs 37734400 Jan 18 11:22
> >> postgresql-7.2b5.tar.gz
> >>
> > The file is certainly gzipped on the FTP server. I'm wondering if
> > your
> > browser "helpfully" decompressed it as it came in (which might have been
> > actually somewhat helpful, if it changed the filename, too ...)
>
>
> Sure enough, looks like Mozilla *was* trying to be helpful.
>
> It turns out if you hold down <shift> while clicking on the link (to
> prevent trying to view a file in the browser instead of downloading)
> then the file gets automatically uncompressed. If you click the link
> without <shift>ing, the compressed file comes down as is.
>
> Sorry for crying wolf!
>
> Joe
That's why nowadays I right click on links choose "Copy Link Address"
and paste link into an xterm where I can safely use wget to actually
download the darn thing.
Jason
