Re: [cobalt-users] [OT} really *dumb* question

[Alfredo <alfredo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Why is it when I try to download
>
> ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental/fwhois-1.00-7.mips.rpm
>
> I get a real audio thing a majig?
>
> I'm sorry for the dumb question.


This isn't a "dumb question" at all. You were going in through the 
browser, right? The rpm suffix is triggering the Real Player in your 
browser when you try to download the whois rpm (this is probably set 
in your browser preferences). RPM is also a real audio file suffix 
and I hope these guys can sort this out so this confusion disappears.

Anyway, from my experience, you can just save it to your disk and it 
will save properly. While the browser reads the suffix as a Real 
file, it's not and won't be changed in any way when you save it. But 
since you then ftp'd in, the question, for now, is moot. :-)

Alfredo

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