Re: Why Does Safari Rename Downloaded tar.bz Files?

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Sture <paul.sture@xxxxxxxx> writes:

Paul> Warren Oates wrote:
>> In article
>> <m2u0dpeuma.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> "Emily Jackson" <m5comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> <http://macvim.org/OSX/files/binaries/OSX10.4/vim6.4.000.tar.bz2>
>>> <http://art.gnome.org/download/themes/gtk2/1067/GTK2-EvilMac.tar.bz2>
>>>
>>> Of course, the first file could be double-clicked in the Finder,
>>> but the download triggers the bug I am trying to
>>> explain. However, I needed to deal with the second file in the
>>> Terminal.
>> You're right -- if I paste either of those into the "go" box in
>> Safari, I get a download with an extraneous .tar prefix. However:
>>

>OK, Emily reported she is using Mac OS X 10.4.3, Safari 2.0.2 (416.13)

Paul> I am using Mac OS X 10.3.9, Safari 1.3.1 (v312.3.3) and don't
Paul> see the problem. Both those files download with the correct
Paul> name and Stuffit is launched.

I have never seen the Tiger version of Safari launch Stuffit, even when
downloading .sit files. Since Tiger can handle .bz2 files (the way OS X
handles .zip files on your Panther system), that is what Safari uses by
default in Tiger.

Emily

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