On Apr 15, 9:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote: > 7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1) Even though the download at sourceforge said the file name was: > > > pyparsing-1.4.6.tar.gz > > > it was downloaded to my Desktop as: > > > pyparsing-1.4.6.tar > > > Did os x 10.4.7 automatically unzip it for me? .gz means the file was > > compressed with gzip, but I didn't have to do any unzipping. > > You probably have Safari, the browser, set up to do that upon download > (but not set up to also untar the tarfile) -- I believe that those are > its default settings. Still, Safari's just an application, even though > Apple reasonably chooses to bundle it into the OS; you might use > Firefox, Opera, Camino, or any other browser, and the issue of what that > given browser does upon download (and how to change those settings) will > be different each time. It's not really a question at OS level, rather > it depends on each specific browser. > > Alex
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