On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 11:49:51AM -0500, Peter Schaffter wrote: > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017, Ulrich Lauther wrote: > > However, the file mom-2.2-a.tar.gz is NOT a gzipped tar file. It is just > > plain tar: > > > > file mom-2.2-a.tar.gz gives: > > > > mom-2.2-a.tar.gz: POSIX tar archive (GNU) > > Interesting. I checked that my ftp client (lftp) wasn't deflating > the archive and re-uploaded. I then downloaded the file via ftp, > first at the command line and then using KDE Dolphin. In both > cases, file(1) reported > > mom-2.2-a.tar.gz: gzip compressed data > > Next, I downloaded the file using wget(1) and KDE's Konqueror. > Again, file(1) reported > > mom-2.2-a.tar.gz: gzip compressed data > > Lastly, I downloaded the file from the Opera browser, and hey, > presto!, file(1) reported > > mom-2.2-a (1).tar.gz: POSIX tar archive (GNU) > > If anyone knows why this is, I'll be glad of the knowledge. > I don't no either, but, yes, I downloaded using Opera.
Cheers, ulrich
