Re: unpacking php tar file

On Sun, 7 May 2000, Patrick Clochesy wrote: > Where did you download this from that it had a .tar ending? > > -Patrick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J. Potts <navoff@lucent.com> > > > Why is the download named this: > > > > php-4_0_0_tar.tar > > > > It should be named: > > > > php-4_0_0.tar.gz > > I was downloading it from http://www.php.net/downloads.php. I have since discovered that it's a "feature" of the PC version of Netscape. It doesn't like trying to save a file that has muliple dots in it, so it alters the ending of the file by default. Unfortunately you never get a chance to see what the original file name is unless it shows up in the status bar at the bottom of the Netscape window. After sending the email, I ran into simular problems elsewhere and decided to try and launch a UNIX version of Netscape. When I attempted to download the files, it retained its .tar.gz ending. Since I'm running off a PC (but have Exceed so I *can* start up some UNIX programs), I tend to use the PC version of Netscape (which is the "preferred" method here so as to remove the burdon from the UNIX server). As far as I can see, there's no way to alter the PC version of Netscape to force it to default to the file's real name regardless of how many dots there are in it. Proving once again that Windows is the root of all evil and Bill Gates is the Spawn of Hell. JRP "How many slime-trailing, sleepless, slimy, slobbering things do you know that will *run and hide* from your Eveready?" --Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson