Re: RedHat 7.3, Netscape and downloaded 9i *.gz files

From: Konstantin Kudin <konstantin_kudin_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Feb 2003 12:29:31 -0800
Message-ID: <ff88eb34.0302071229.7208d634@posting.google.com>

rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com (Rauf Sarwar) wrote in message news:<92eeeff0.0302061126.4103d4e6_at_posting.google.com>...
> rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com (Rauf Sarwar) wrote in message news:<92eeeff0.0301301321.550a5fb_at_posting.google.com>...
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> Just in case if someone else may run into this. Here is what worked for me.
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> 1) Download gzipped files using IE to my Win2K laptop.
> 2) Use Winzip to unzip the files.
> 3) ftp the cpio files to linux server.
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> Little time consuming but it did work.
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> Regards
> /Rauf Sarwar

For the future. Both IE and Netscape are kind of dumb when downloading large files, since they save them in temporary location first and then move them to the target destination. Why? I do not know ...
Anyway, a nice program for Windows Wackget downloads things directly to the required destination, and has pause/resume. Under linux, use WGET - a command line tool to download stuff. With Oracle, you'll need to load your browser cookie file into WGET, because Oracle wants you to register first and won't let you get stuff without that. There is a "load cookies" option there. Overall, WGET route requires some learning, but at times it is almost a life saver ...

Konstantin Received on Fri Feb 07 2003 - 14:29:31 CST