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Re: aid to iso download

Subject: Re: aid to iso download
From: "D. Stimits" <stimits@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 21:52:44 -0600
Cc: "XFS: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <3B44E6FE.DCB78DE5@xxxxxxxxxx> <20010705172106.I883@xxxxxxx>
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Nathan Straz wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 04:15:26PM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> > Being that the ISO images are rather large, it might be nice to have a
> > duplicate of each current ISO available that is the gzip version.
> 
> Here's an old FTP trick, append a .gz to any filename on an FTP site and
> the FTP server will gzip it for you.
> 
> --
> Nate Straz                                              nstraz@xxxxxxx
> sgi, inc                                           http://www.sgi.com/
> Linux Test Project                                  http://ltp.sf.net/

I have heard there can be a problem with IE on win when downloading the
.gz extension. Presumably, it might remove the extension, and a later
rename to .gz would restore it? I'm going to begin my long modem
download a bit later this evening, so I'm hoping to find out any snafu
before I start.

D. Stimits, stimits@xxxxxxxxxx

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