Using lynx... How?

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#474

Author: Atsushi Nakagawa
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 00:00

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Hello,

How do I, using lynx, download a file 'raw' without any post-processing?  I
want to get lynx to ignore the MIME/type (no sure if the right terminology)
and just download the file 'as is' to the destination  --without any 'line
break adding' and post-processing, and other things it might do.

Thanks in advance.

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Atsushi Nakagawa
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Re: Using lynx... How?

#475

Author: Walter Strong
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 00:00

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What kind of file are you trying to download?  To avoid problems I 
usually place the cursor over what I want to download and hit "d".  This 
gives me no problems with .html, .txt, or binary files.

Atsushi Nakagawa (s355806@student.(no_spam)uq.edu.au) wrote:
: Hello,

: How do I, using lynx, download a file 'raw' without any post-processing?  I
: want to get lynx to ignore the MIME/type (no sure if the right terminology)
: and just download the file 'as is' to the destination  --without any 'line
: break adding' and post-processing, and other things it might do.

: Thanks in advance.

: --
: Atsushi Nakagawa
: (s355806@student.uq(no_spam).edu.au) (remove (no_spam) when using)

Re: Using lynx... How?

#476

Author: Atsushi Nakagawa
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 00:00

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> Atsushi Nakagawa wrote:
> : Hello,
> 
> : How do I, using lynx, download a file 'raw' without any post-processing?  I
> : want to get lynx to ignore the MIME/type (no sure if the right terminology)
> : and just download the file 'as is' to the destination  --without any 'line
> : break adding' and post-processing, and other things it might do.
>
> : Thanks in advance.
>
> Walter Strong wrote:
>
> What kind of file are you trying to download?  To avoid problems I
> usually place the cursor over what I want to download and hit "d".  This
> gives me no problems with .html, .txt, or binary files.
>

I'm trying to download a .gz file and lynx tries to pass it to gzip for
post-processing.  I don't want to post-process because:
    A. It's not a proper gzip file, just a file with .gz ending.
    B. More importantly, the file is being downloaded to a remote server so
I don't want to decompress there.

--
Atsushi Nakagawa
(s355806@student.uq(no_spam).edu.au) (remove (no_spam) when using)

Re: Using lynx... How?

#477

Author: DaZZa
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 00:00

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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Atsushi Nakagawa wrote:

> > : How do I, using lynx, download a file 'raw' without any post-processing?  I
> > : want to get lynx to ignore the MIME/type (no sure if the right terminology)
> > : and just download the file 'as is' to the destination  --without any 'line
> > : break adding' and post-processing, and other things it might do.
> >
> > What kind of file are you trying to download?  To avoid problems I
> > usually place the cursor over what I want to download and hit "d".  This
> > gives me no problems with .html, .txt, or binary files.
> 
> I'm trying to download a .gz file and lynx tries to pass it to gzip for
> post-processing.  I don't want to post-process because:
>     A. It's not a proper gzip file, just a file with .gz ending.
>     B. More importantly, the file is being downloaded to a remote server so
> I don't want to decompress there.

Hit D to download the file once you've highlighted the link to it {in
lynx}.

DaZZa

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