Re: (PM) Re: improvement required for the ftp.livingston.com site..
Don Lashier (dl@newportnet.com)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 02:07:28 -0800
On 1/30/98, at 10:37 AM, Vlado Potisk wrote:
>Samudra E Haque <haque@pradeshta.net> wrote:
>
>> Is it just me, or have any of you noticed that when downloading the=
binary
>> files off of ftp.livingston.com (say ComOS images, Tech Notes, etc.)=
that
>> unlike most other sites, (from within Netscape 4.04) no indication is
>> received of the percentage of bytes transfered, or how many bytes have
>> been sent down the computer so far.
>
>Once my proxy/browser combination corrupted the ComOS file with
>binary/text conversion and I could not find the problem. It would be
>nice to know the exact byte legth of the original file also to
>prevent such stupid mistakes.
Do *NOT* use your browser to download ComOS images because LE
does not use appropriate file extensions on the files. Consequently
the browser does not interpret it as a binary file.
Use an FTP program in binary mode. This has come up many times before.
LE does not listen. They need to use a different file extension.
Don
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Don Lashier dl@newportnet.com
Newport Internet http://www.newportnet.com/
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