I am trying to download a supplement from the SCO web site. When I
click on the supplement to download it, it appears as text within
the browser instead of being copied to my local system disk.
CAUSE:
SCO supplements are in one of the following formats:
1. A cpio archive (for example, SCO OpenServer 5 custom+(ADM)
supplement)
2. A tar archive (for example, an SCO UNIX custom(ADM) supplement)
3. A pkgadd datastream (for example, SCO UnixWare pkgadd(1M) PTFs)
4. A compressed archive (any of the above in compressed form)
Your web browser may not recognize one or more of the above formats,
and may assume what is being viewed is text; therefore, it will
display the text within the browser window. Your browser may be
configurable by means of a preferences-type editor to provide it
the ability to recognize and successfully download these data formats.
However, if your browser is configured to process the file
image as it downloads (for example, to uncompress any file with a
.Z extension), then the failure to recognize this can result in an
unexpected data format which may cause subsequent confusion or error.
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