On 18 Jan 2002, Jason Earl wrote:
> "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.
Please tell me that works with the php sources. I had it at one point
but can't find the trick. Quite often I need to download php to a
machine that doesn't have lynx and is not local.
Vince.
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