Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 13:57:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: slightly OFF TOPIC: WordPerfect and downloading via Netscape Communicator ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005071355250.74762-100000@home.offwhite.net> In-Reply-To: <20000507.19391100@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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I downloaded it yesterday and corel.com routed me to CNet's download.com where I go the gzip file. There is the issue of accepting their license for personal use that make things more difficult, but after clicking a while I got the file to start downloading, then I chose to save the file. But I did this on my Mac and dropped the file on the FreeBSD server over the mounted drive via AppleShare/IP. I do not know any reason why netscape would act any different on FreeBSD. Both versions are 4.72. Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com Microsoft: Will you get a macro virus today? On Sun, 7 May 2000, Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > Dear FreeBSD'ers, > > I decided to try the free version of Wordperfect; I used Netscape > Communicator 4.72 to browse the linux.corel.com site. > > I did NOT succeed to download the GUILG00.GZ file via Netscape > Communicator. That is, the usual trick "save link as" did NOT work, as > well as any other idea that came to mind at that moment. > > Ok, I thought, let's @#~`§* [output severely censored] Netscape > Communicator. I opened a terminal window, I issued (wait for it) the > plain old ftp command, I fed it with the address of one of the > Wordperfect downloading ftp site I had found out previously ... et > voila, Wordperfect IS being downloaded. > > Go figure ... but I still wonder whether I have missed anything, ie > any brain-damaged tricks making Communicator work in such cases. > > Thanks in advance and best regards, > Salvo > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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