downloading .tar.bz2 files ...

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downloading .tar.bz2 files ...

... why in **** does Safari add another .tar to .tar.bz2 files, and how do I stop it? Many thanks for the person who knows this one.

-peter

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.8), November 2005

Posted on Nov 12, 2006 6:03 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 12, 2006 6:29 PM in response to Eme

Thanks for your reply and effort, but the Finder isn't relevant here, and neither is the download directory. I'm looking at the file on the command line with "ls," and when downloading any .tar.bz2 file to any folder, Safari adds an extra ".tar" extension to it.

I'm downloading wireshark-0.99.4.tar.bz2, and what I get donwloaded is called wireshare-0.99.4.tar.bz2.tar ...

-peter

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Answer 2

iBod

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Nov 12, 2006 7:06 PM in response to Peter Bartoli

Hi,

It's probably due to the mime encoding specified on the server side - Safari tends to believe what it's told.

Assuming you're getting the file from wireshark.org, that download is reported as 'Content-Type: application/x-tar'

(Compare that to the gzipped tar file there which is correctly defined as 'application/x-gzip')

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Answer 3

Nov 12, 2006 7:29 PM in response to iBod

Thanks ... I just looked at my web server, and it doesn't have a MIME type for .bz* files, either. That makes esnse, but Safari still shouldn't be renaming the file. wget doesn't, for instance.

Thanks again!

-peter

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Answer 4

iBod

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29,351 points

Nov 13, 2006 2:05 AM in response to Peter Bartoli

No probs.

I'm pretty sure older versions of Safari (pre 1.3?) didn't use the mime type for the name extensions.

Send feedback to the Safari team via Safari menu -> Report Bugs to Apple...

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Answer 5

Eme

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Nov 12, 2006 6:15 PM in response to Peter Bartoli

Hi,

Are the files downloaded to the desktop?
In the Finders preferences, is the "Show all files extensions checked?
What happens when you deselect it?

Eme'~[)

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