Re: Lynx and binary files

1996-09-14 Thread Brian C. White
> > (a) Content-type: application/GNU Compr. Tar > > > > (b) Content-type: text/plain > > > > The question now is, who tells lynx to identify these files? > > It's normal - look at lynx.cfg file and modify it - it should contain lot > of lines with first word SUFFIX (it tels how to transfer di

Re: Lynx and binary files

1996-09-13 Thread Christopher R. Hertel
This is being handled by the 'mime.types' file. I don't really know enough about it, but I'll take a shot in hopes that it will help. The remote server has a mime.types file that tells it what Content-type: line to write out. You should be able to fix the problem by getting the site maintainer t

Re: Lynx and binary files

1996-09-13 Thread bigl
On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Martin Schulze wrote: > Good day folks, Ex Equo :-) > Before downloading lynx shows the following (not exactly) > > (a) Content-type: application/GNU Compr. Tar > > (b) Content-type: text/plain > > The question now is, who tells lynx to identify these files? > It's

Re: Lynx and binary files

1996-09-13 Thread Martin Schulze
Hiho, Seems that I have found what I was looking for. Lynx reads /etc/mime.types and the file from 1.1 didn't contain an entry for *.deb files. The mime-support package from the unstable tree does. Sorry for disturbing, Joey -- Individual Network e.V._/