Download files not named correctly

[Rocky1937]

On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 00:53 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:

> On 18/01/13 08:30, Rocky1937 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.
> >
> > I have 3 computers, a laptop and a desktop both running Ubuntu 12.04 
> > and one desktop running Win XP.  All use Firefox and the 2 Ubuntu 
> > computers both have this problem. The desktop running XP DOES NOT have 
> > the problem.  I have tried 2 other browsers on the ubuntu computers 
> > and they have all had the same results. All other downloading has been 
> > running normally.
> >
> > I have putzed around with this for a week -- the solution avoiding me 
> > completely.
> >
> > I queried one of the websites and got this response from them:
> >
> > "At ' xxxxxxxxx' we use index.htm for the Story Pages and 
> > storyname_01.htm, storyname_02.htm etc for the individual chapters.  
> > The default html names for both index and chapter pages are set to the 
> > name of the story.  The fact that Firefox running on Ubuntu is where 
> > you’re having this problem would indicate that the linux must handle 
> > the title parameter in html in some other way."
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> OK, I have now been given the URL you are talking about.
> 
> My first question is: what do you do with the material you get from this 
> site?
> 
> And second question: what do you mean by "I have been downloading 
> files....." - how do you download them?
> 
> If you left-click on the chapter name you will get the actual chapter on 
> the screen and when you then right-click the menu menu comes up where 
> you Save As - but this will give you the same name for each of the 
> chapters and you are given the choice of overwriting the file name or 
> you can alter the name in the file name box.
> 
> On the other hand, if you RIGHT-click on the chapter name you are also 
> presented with a menu but here when you go to Save As the file names are 
> numbered sequentially. Mind you, you don't the full name of the chapter 
> which is what you see on the URL page but you will get something like 
> hpb_03.htm for the story HENRY AND THE BALANCE OF PROBABILITY. But you 
> DO get the files correctly numbered.
> 
> One other way to get the chapters is to use ScreenGrab, an addon for 
> Firefox. Save the Whole Page (ie the chapter) and you will also get each 
> file having a unique number.
> 
> BTW, while you are still on the home page of that URL and you 
> right-click on the name of a book and select Save As you will get the 
> index.htm which is mentioned in the reply when you received from the 
> website.
> 
> BC
> 
> -- 
> Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.10.0 & kernel 3.7.5-1 on a system with-
> AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor
> 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM
> Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU


Sorry if I offended but life got in the the way.  



> My first question is: what do you do with the material you get from
> this 
> site?
> 

    
As each chapter is posted to the site, I download them to my hard drive
and into a directory named for the story title, until the story has been
finished. At that point the story is considered ready for reading.



> second question: what do you mean by "I have been downloading 
> files....." - how do you download them?
> 

I down load each chapter as you have listed above. From the chapter page
showing on the screen -- right click on the page and "save page as" does
save each chapter  with the same name.  This is where my problem is now.
I am unable to move on to your next scenario.  --

> 
> On the other hand, if you RIGHT-click on the chapter name you are
> also 
> presented with a menu but here when you go to Save As the file names
> are 
> numbered sequentially----
> 


And that is exactly correct -- but it is not available to me.  It DOES
work for me under a Windows OS.  In addition, under ubuntu and three
different browsers (firefox Google Chrome and Chromium) it DOES NOT
work.  That pretty much says it is an ubuntu problem with 12.04 1 LTS.
I  reinstalled 11.10 on my laptop and the downloading function worked
correctly.  At that point I did a complete clean install of 12.04 1 LTS
on the laptop.  Once again the download DOES NOT work.

I am almost certain that an update 3 or 4 weeks ago broke the, then
functioning, downloads under 12.04 LTS.   I have not tried upgrading to
12.10 to see is that is working properly.  This is where I stand as of
last evening.

I do all updates as they come along to keep everything current and up to
date.

Thanks for hanging in there,

Rocky


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