Download files not named correctly

Basil Chupin blchupin at iinet.net.au
Thu Jan 31 06:43:32 UTC 2013


On 18/01/13 20:23, Colin Law wrote:
> On 17 January 2013 23:11, Rocky1937 <rocky1937 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2013-01-17 at 21:34 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 17 January 2013 21:30, Rocky1937 <rocky1937 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I am using ubuntu 12.04 and have the latest Firefox 18.0 with all current
>>> updates.
>>>
>>> I have been downloading files for years here with no problem.  A couple of
>>> weeks ago I starting having problems with the  chapter names being named
>>> after the story name  ' Operation_Hammerhead.htm'  --  rather than the
>>> normal 'operation_hammerhead_02.htm'  --    I have tried other stories and
>>> some other sites, all have this problem.
>> Can you explain exactly how you are doing the download?
>> ...
>>
>>  From the "chapter page" right click on the chapter text and click "save as"
>> should automatically save the chapter with the current chapter number, such
>> as --  'story name_12.htm" (or whatever that chapter number happens to  be)
>> -- that isn't happening.  It wants to save it as 'story name.htm'.  The
>> stories and chapters are setup on the sites to make this happen
>> automatically.  Ubunta/firefox about 2 weeks ago stopped that from
>> happening.  I would guess that it was broken during an update of either
>> ubuntu or firefox.
> I have no idea what you mean by "chapter page" and when I right click
> in Firefox I don't see Save As, though there is a Save Page As, is
> that what you mean?  If so then that is not what one would normally
> mean by downloading files but is saving web pages.  Please clarify.
>
> Colin

Colin, did you ever get a reply to your request for this information?

(Height of bad manners to ask for help but then not provide requested 
info to be able to provide that help.

I hope that his armpits have been infested with a thousand fleas.)

BC

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