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#1 2006-02-07 8:14 am
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Telling Safari not to add .txt after a .rar file ?
Hi!
Whenever I donwload a .rar file, Safari insists on adding a .txt to the file
(meaning that I have to rename the file in finder,clicking yes I am sure I want to rename the file bla bla bla...)
and so on.
Is there an option somewhere that I can force Safari not to add .txt onto what ever it is that I download ?
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#2 2006-12-13 11:18 pm
Re: Telling Safari not to add .txt after a .rar file ?
You know, I am reluctant to bump something this old, but the forum does say to Search first, and I did. And this is the same question I have, so I am bumping it.
Either this was overlooked or there really is no way to stop Safari from adding a .txt extension to unknown file types. Why can't it just preserve the files name and leave it alone as it is on the server? I don't need to rename files all the time just because Safari doesn't know what it is. I do! So let me handle the naming.
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#3 2006-12-14 1:37 am
Re: Telling Safari not to add .txt after a .rar file ?
It's not Safari's fault, it's the fault of the server's administrator. The server is telling Safari, "Hey, I don't know what this is, so it's probably a text file." So Safari obediently adds the .txt extension. Safari won't add it for types that it doesn't recognize.
This problem happens with .mp4 files a lot (the server isn't properly configured to serve it with the correct type). Safari's behavior in these situation, while unfortunate and annoying, is more or less "correct". I don't know of a way to override it.
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