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Re: [BL] BL3 links won't read .html.gz

From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] BL3 links won't read .html.gz
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:24:06 +1200

keesan AT iamjlamb.com wrote:
>
> I notice that Steven, in setup, assigned zless to read
> files ending in .gz

That is correct. I tried it just now and it works fine.

> but when I follow the link at his BL3 sites to linux textbook
> (/index.html.gz) I get 17 pages of 7-bit characters, which
> is unreadable

As you have noted, files ending in .gz are passed to zless.
zless does not have HTML-display capabity.

> I can access this link with lynx and read 41 pages of linux
> lessons.

I assume that is because lynx handles the process internally,
rather than passing it to zless.

Cheers,
Steven

[BL] BL3 links won't read .html.gz, keesan, 03/20/2004
- Re: [BL] BL3 links won't read .html.gz, 3aoo-cvfd, 03/20/2004
  - Re: [BL] BL3 links won't read .html.gz, Sindi Keesan, 03/20/2004