[hpsdr] hpsdr.org downloads

[Philip Covington]

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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> -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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