Re: lynx-dev A question about downloading in lynx....

[VictorAs]

On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Serge MUNHOVEN wrote:

:-) >On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 05:35:41PM +0200, VictorAs wrote:
:-) > >  On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
:-) > >  
:-) > >  :-) >>      I have a problem when i download tgz files....
:-) > >  :-) >> I want to mail that files(ostream*) but i cant, in my lynx 
version exist
:-) > >  :-) >> only save to a file, but i have a quota on my server and i cant 
download
:-) > >  :-) >> files biger than 1.5 Mbytes...
:-) > >  :-) >> Can i configure my lynx to mail that kind of files to an 
specific e-mail
:-) > >  :-) >No, only text files can be e-mailed currently (From 'P'rint menu).
:-) > >  :-) >
:-) > >  :-) >> address?
:-) > >  :-) >> If i can please tell me how...
:-) > >  :-) >Try reading lynx.cfg about DOWNLOADER:
:-) > >  :-) >probably Zmodem or ftp may be your case.
:-) > >  :-) >
:-) > >  :-) >> Thanks...
:-) > >  :-) >>                                               Victor
:-) > >  :-) >
:-) > >            Yes but i want to configure it to can mail the files, can 
:-) > >        anyone tell me exact what to do?
:-) > >         :-) Thanks, 
:-) > >                         Victor.
:-) > >  :-) >
:-) > >  :-) >
:-) > >  
:-) >But once you get to the DOWNLOADER menu, you have already transferred the
:-) >complete big file to your local host, as far as I understand. Lynx stores
:-) >them in some place (/var/tmp in my case) and "Save to disk" (and other
:-) >DOWNLOADERs) actually act on that temporary file. Note that "Save to disk"
:-) >*copies* the file, which doubles the required diskquotas if the temporary
:-) >file also eats on them. It may be possible to circumvent this by defining 
an
:-) >entry that rather *moves* the file to its final location (depending on how
:-) >the system's "move" works).
:-) >
:-) >Anyway, I wonder if many mailers allow you to send a stream of incoming 
data
:-) >rather than a complete existing local file (any expert opinion ?). In 
addition
:-) >your binary data will have to be encoded for standard mail transport (8bit
:-) >cleaness is not guaranteed). Guess the mailer will again help itself with 
an
:-) >even larger temporary file ...
:-) >
:-) >As to an actual DOWNLOADER entry to mail the file, it heavily depends on 
your
:-) >system, especially your mailer's capability and flags to encode and attach
:-) >files.
yes, but i want to send that file attached....
can any1 tell me how? I am a regular user, i dont know how to configure
exact, and if i need to copy lynx.cfg in my directory?
Thanks Serge and anyone can help me with that problem....
Victor
:-) >
:-) > - Serge
:-) >
:-) >PS: "Jeu de car." abbreviated for "Jeu de caractères" - "Character set".
:-) >(Yes, I know French better than C).
:-) >