Re: lynx-dev [PATCH][dev17] Print current dir in download

[John Bley]

Leonid Pauzner wrote:

> What was this patch intended for?
> you want to know the dir where lynx saves downloads?

No, I wanted to know my current directory so I could know where the file 
was about to be saved.  After browsing for a while, I forget what 
directory I was in when I started.  If I download, say, an image, I'd 
like that to go in my home directory, but a tarball, I'd like to go 
in /tmp so I can unpack it and see what's in it without affecting my 
quota.  If I know the current directory, I can save myself a lot of 
typing in most cases.

> it is in lynx_save_space variable (configurable from lynx.cfg),
> defaulted to current dir. 

Perhaps this info could be printed in addition to the current dir.... 
just an idea.

>And this info should be hidden from anonymous users.

I agree.  I had completely forgotten about that.  I withdraw the patch on 
security considerations alone.

> It may be useful to build a log file for all files downloaded by lynx 
> instead.

For the anonymous case, that's not a bad idea... 

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