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4.09 linux file download
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thomwien Send message Joined: 25 Jan 03 Posts: 18 Credit: 299,277 RAC: 0 |
Hi I've tried to download the 4.09 file for linux, which on the ftp site shows 3.6mb, but when I download it, it is 9.02mb and will not gzip. Is the file corrupt and if so, where is a good copy? thanks. Tom |
thomwien Send message Joined: 25 Jan 03 Posts: 18 Credit: 299,277 RAC: 0 |
Hi never mind. I had previously tried to download the file to my windows pc and then transfer it to my linux box. The file downloaded as 9.02mb, so I tried downloading it directly through dial-up on my linux box and it downloaded fine. I'm not too linux-literate, but is it not possible to download a .gz or *nix file to a pc and then transfer it? Tom |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20397 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
> ...is it not possible to download a .gz or > *nix file to a pc and then transfer it? Yes, provided that it is treated as a binary file! Text files can get munged between Windows and unix/linux due to the different end-of-line chars used and also if there are missmatched char sets. Good luck, Martin Mandrake 10.0.1 GNU/Linux |
HOAP Send message Joined: 11 May 01 Posts: 35 Credit: 28,021 RAC: 0 |
> I'm not too linux-literate, but is it not possible to download a .gz or > *nix file to a pc and then transfer it? sure you can. just make sure that u are using binary transfer modes and not text modes. (as windows and unix uses different LF/CR) |
thomwien Send message Joined: 25 Jan 03 Posts: 18 Credit: 299,277 RAC: 0 |
Hi thanks to all of you for your input. As mentioned, I did a direct download from dial-up on the linux box and it is up and running. I'll keep your points in consideration next time I download to my pc on dsl. Tom |
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