Hello,

TGZ type files are usually linux/unix TAR (archive files) post compressed
with gzip.
Under linux/unix they may have tar.gz as extension.
Under Windows DOS they are usually named with the "tgz" extension.

IE6 replaces this extension with TAR which is not correct, since TAR files
are either not compressed or compressed with "compress".

IE6 should preserve the TGZ extension for these files.

My IE6 version:

Version : 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
Niveau de cryptage : 128-bit
ID de produit (Product ID) :55639-OEM-0014574-83228
Versions des mises à jour :; SP2;

Regards,

Daniel F Valot

Use the following newsgroup for questions or problems with IE6
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...er.ie6.browser

You can also get to the Internet Explorer newsgroups via this web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx
There select Internet Explorer

You posted in the newsgroup for help with the Outlook Express that comes
with IE6.

Be sure to provide the URL where you are downloading from when posting.

I've never known IE to change the extension of a file while downloading.
It will add an extension if none is present based on the MIME type
provided by the server and the associated file extension in the Windows
registry.

As a test, I just downloaded a tgz file from this web site
http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.webb/download/tgz.htm
and it arrived with the tgz file extension.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


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Hello,

TGZ type files are usually linux/unix TAR (archive files) post
compressed
with gzip.
Under linux/unix they may have tar.gz as extension.
Under Windows DOS they are usually named with the "tgz" extension.

IE6 replaces this extension with TAR which is not correct, since TAR
files
are either not compressed or compressed with "compress".

IE6 should preserve the TGZ extension for these files.

My IE6 version:

Version : 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
Niveau de cryptage : 128-bit
ID de produit (Product ID) :55639-OEM-0014574-83228
Versions des mises à jour :; SP2;

Regards,

Daniel F Valot

Michael,

Sorry for posting to the wrong newsgroup,

In fact I was downloading from my own web site:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dvalot/download/emt4x435.tgz
and the file is renamed emt4x435.tar on my three pc running Windows XP
family version SP2 with last updates
I am pretty sure this is a recent change in IE6, because I didn't notice it
earlier.

I suppose it has something to do witrh the explanations he
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e_handling.asp
The wrong file name already appears on the "save as..." dialog.
Daniel F Valot

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