Re: how lynx processes downloads?

On Tue, 13 May 2025, Karen Lewellen wrote:

> It seems that, at least when I use pine or alpine for these downloads, lynx is
> also attempting to unzip the file itself.
> Any idea what might trigger this?

mailcap or MIME or something, most likely.

If this is a link within a page you already have in lynx, then
use the d key instead of the cursor-right or enter key to activate
the link, that will force a download.

If this is in an eMail, after you hit enter (or whatever), when it
asks you what to do with the link, don’t hit enter immediately;
rather, press A to change the application, Ctrl-K to delete the
preset value, enter 'wget' (without the quotes) and hit enter; then
it will use GNU wget instead of lynx, which by default will download
to your home directory I think, or possibly the one you started pine
(or alpine) from.

Good luck,
//mirabilos (a pine/alpine user as well)
-- 
> Wish I had pine to hand :-( I'll give lynx a try, thanks.

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