From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 20 12:36:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18508 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:36:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt3-43.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18494 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:36:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA01600; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:16:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199812202016.OAA01600@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Frank Pawlak cc: joe , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Extracting WordPerfect? In-reply-to: Message from Frank Pawlak of "Sat, 19 Dec 1998 21:52:38 CST." <19981219215238.A3373@quark.feynman.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:16:52 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Frank Pawlak writes: > On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 12:42:13PM -0600, joe wrote: > > I got the same error when I downloaded with netscape. Try using ftp to > > download. > > > > Using ftp is the way to go. I downloaded twice using Netscape and > received that same error message (GUILG00.GZ not in gzip format). > Somehow Netscape appears to muck up the file. Just ftp'd it and have it > installed and running. I've seen Netscape do that before. Found out it already gunzip'ed the file but saved it with the .gz extension anyhow. Agreed, ftp or fetch is the Right Way To Download Stuff. Advantage of using fetch is your local copy retains the original's timestamp (if the server provides enough info). -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message