Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 19:08:06 -0500 (EST) From: VEGA <vega@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu> To: "N. R.R." <robalama@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netscape ftp problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901071906550.1645-100000@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990108000224.9104.qmail@hotmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
its still gzipped, even though the extension is missing. netscape is kinda dumb about that, so tar vxz navigator-v45-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar should get it unpacked correctly. __________________________________________ Panties aren't the greatest thing in the world, but they're next to it. On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, N. R.R. wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > Heres the deal. > > I went to netscape via ftp and found the unsupported netscape 4.5 > version > and downloaded it. > > The full name of the file was: > > navigator-v45-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz > > and it downloaded the whole thing successfully. However, when I went to > uncompress it, the file was named: > > navigator-v45-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar > > missing the ".gz" ending. So, the problem is, how to I go about > uncompressing the file and setting it up in X-Windows? > > Do I have to re-download it? Everything seemed normal with the ftp > transfer, all the way down to the names and numbers, but on my system > that > is what happened. > > Thanks for any help. > > Neill rr4 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.05.9901071906550.1645-100000>