Isn't this something that's more a function of local operating system or 
browser conventions? This is usually the first thing I turn off in the various 
browsers that I use, so hence my downloads look like this:

preston@aralathan ~/Desktop/DNB/7.6
$ file *
nw76_linux_x86.tar.gz:     gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Sun 
Nov  8 21:56:29 2009
nw76_linux_x86_64.tar.gz:  gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Sun 
Nov  8 21:56:49 2009
nw76_macosx.tar.gz:        gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Sun 
Nov  8 22:00:31 2009
nw76_solaris_64.tar.gz:    gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Sun 
Nov  8 21:58:10 2009
nw76_solaris_amd64.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Sun 
Nov  8 21:59:26 2009
nw76_solaris_x86.tar.gz:   gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Sun 
Nov  8 21:57:58 2009
nw76_win_x64.zip:          Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract
nw76_win_x86.zip:          Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract

Typically the only time I've downloaded an "uncompressed" file from PowerLink 
is when the browser has fiddled with it once it finished arriving...

Cheers,

Preston.


On 24/11/2009, at 05:29 , Roberta Gold wrote:

> My experience has been that the ".gz" files downloaded from Powerlink where 
> never - ever gzip'd files ... (another thing that amazes me!!!)
> 
> 
> 
>> In regard to: Re: [Networker] NetWorker 7.6 Binaries/Installers now...:
>> 
>>> That's further than I was able to get. I wanted to check out the new
>>> NMC, but I could not even uncompress any of the .gz files I downloaded
>>> this morning for Linux NW 7.6 X86_64, or X86, or even 7.5 X86_64 ... All
>>> the download files seem to be corrupted...  I opened a case and they
>>> called saying they are attempting to reproduce the problem..
>> 
>> I have a guess on that.  Instead of trying to uncompress them, just
>> un-tar them.  I've run into this a few times with downloads from
>> Powerlink.  Even though the file names end with .gz, I've had many cases
>> where they're not actually compressed.
>> 
>> Tim
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