[hpsdr] hpsdr.org downloads

[John Koster]

It's probably a method of doing a download count.  We do that on our ftp 
site at tapr.org.  However instead of an ID number the actual file name is 
used and the browser know what to do with it.  

It's probably a 'feature' in the hosting package that they may or may not 
be able to disable.  

-- 
73,
John, W9DDD

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Philip Covington wrote:

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> On 6/12/06, Ray Anderson <ray.anderson at xilinx.com> wrote:
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> > >There is no reason for having to do that, they need to have proper
> > >extensions, at least then it will work with Windoze. If it ends in .jpg
> > >Linux doesn't seen to have problems either.
> > >I'm not sure where the problem lies, with the server stripping the
> > >extension and setting the wrong mine type or the users not putting in
> > >extension in the first place, either one needs to be fixed.
> >
> >
> > It seems a lot (if not all) of the files are stored in some non-obvious
> > location that is only accessed via the .asp script. I am not sure why
> > the file server utilizes the .asp scripts to access the files by file
> > number as opposed to filename, but it seems to me that links directly to
> > the files would be a lot less problematic as opposed to going through an
> > extra layer of indirection.
> >
> > Even if the aforementioned file retrieval scheme is necessary and does
> > work, many of the files that are delivered don't have any commonly
> > recognized extension, hence the problem of the browser not knowing what
> > application to use to open the file with.
> >
> > -Ray    WB6TPU
> 
> Yep, I don't know why it does not just give links directly to the
> file.  The file number doesn't mean anything to a person downloading
> it.
> 
> Because of this I've stopped using it and just post links directly to
> files posted on my website.
> 
> 73 de Phil N8VB
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