Re: lynx-dev Lynx and mp3 files

[Michel SUCH]

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 22:21:58 +0100 (BST), David Woolley wrote:

>> Looking at the file stored in the temporary directory I can see that its
>> length is different from the original one.
>
>Is this by any chance an FTP site.  For FTP, lynx needs to choose between
>binary and ASCII mode, whereas, for HTTP, the server always chooses
>the transfer format.
>
Well, this also happens on a local file. I am surprised that, for a local
file, lynx first transfers it to the temp dir and passes it to the viewer.
I would have expected it to be passed directly.
is this behaviour the normal one or is there a problem in my os/2 port
making that lynx would not differenciate correctly this local file from an
url?
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