🚀 go-pugleaf

Kevin Delany wrote:

> If I down load the file using Communicator 4.05 in Windows 95 the file can't
> be tar'ed or gunziped however when I downloaded in Linux using Communicator
> 4.05 to the same vfat partition the files were uncompressed as you say but
> could be tar'ed.  Go figure!

Shane Bearham reckons that Netscape has a default setting which unzips files on
the fly.  Except I looked at the setting, and it was not set. ??????

>
> I've only down the one so far and it didn't care what case I used or what
> case the *.gz file was in.
> When I downloaded in Linux the file was created in UPPERCASE but "mv"
> wouldn't allow me to change the case to lower case, but as I said it didn't
> really matter anyway.

Ah, whe the download is completed, rename the files to lower case, or, edit the
script to process upper case.  Means same thing I suppose.

>
> I don't think I like Download.com's layout.
> I got all sorts of warnings when I tarred the first file maybe this won't
> matter after I've done the others.   Something about Permissions.
>

download the files as a normal user, then logout  and install as superuser.

>
> Thanks
> Kevin