Re: Download of Linux install shell script

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "martinwguy" <address@hidden>
To: "Nick Payne" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: Download of Linux install shell script


> On 1 February 2013 05:49, Nick Payne <address@hidden> wrote:
> > if I just click on the download link (eg
> > http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/linux-64/lilypond-2.17.11-1.linux-64.sh),
> > then instead of a dialog asking for the location to place the download, 
> > the
> > script file opens as a web page. I have to right-click and choose "Save 
> > link
> > as..." to download it.
>
> I get the "open or save" dialogue here with both links and a fairly
> new ubuntu-firefox system, so it may be that it depends on your own
> personal browser configuration and settings. The MIME type of both
> links is reported here as "a SH file", so both links should behave the
> same for you.
>
> In Chrome here, both links go to the "Save File" dialogue.
>
>    M


Checking the headers with Fiddler give both the links above as 
application\x-sh, so I think something must have changed on Nick's system.

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Phil Holmes