Winzip and downloading [file.tar.gz]

Hi David, 
Noticed that some [systems] appear to partially unzip 
"file.tar.gz" but leave the name unchanged. If the file 
was un-gzipped by the browser, then updating the name to 
"file.tar" allows Winzip to work fine. 
 
By the way, does this indicate some dubious web pratice? 
Does this "auto-unzipping" mean that a 30 MB "file.tar" 
download is recorded (and charged) rather than the 5 MB 
of the original "file.tar.gz"?  Just wondering  :-| 
 
Nigel 
 
PS: Assuming you have a post 1990 version of WinZip :-) 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: David Lidsky [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 27 September 2002 2:33 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: MTL: trouble downloading mtl_reference.tar.gz, 

> The problem was that I was trying to unzip a .gz file
> with Winzip.  The site, http://www.gzip.org, has a
> free version of gunzip for windows.  It's called gzip
> and it works fine on Windows 98. Thank you, 

 
 

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