"I. M." wrote:
>
> What I'd like to know is how the browser can tell the
> difference between when it's supposed to download
> using ascii, and when it's supposed to be binary. I
> downloaded some .tar.gz files that tar bitched and
> moaned that it couldn't read.
>
In a browser, you can type
ftp://some.domain/somefile.tar.gz;type=>
where is 'a' for ascii, 'i' for binary, or 'd' for a
directory listing
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