Instructions for:

• downloading files
• uncompressing files
• extracting files from tar archive

How to download files

• To retrieve using Netscape:

    1. Right click on link to file.
    2. Choose "Save Link As..."
  or
    1. Left click on link to file.
    2. Choose "Save it to disk."
  

  If you are downloading a compressed file, Netscape sometimes will uncompress it without changing the file name, so the file might still appear to be compressed.

• To retrieve using Internet Explorer:

    1. Left click on link to file.
    2. Choose "Save this file to disk."
  or
    1. Right click on link to file.
    2. Choose "Save Target As..."
  

• To retrieve using Mosaic:

    1. Choose "Load to Local Disk" from Options Menu
    2. Click on link to file to be downloaded
       Enter name for binary file on local disk:   xxxx.gz
  

  If you are using Mosaic, the size of your /tmp directory must be large enough to hold the temporary file that Mosaic creates as it downloads the file. If your /tmp directory is not large enough to hold the file you want, possible workarounds include:
  1. Restart Mosaic and specify another temporary directory that is large enough to hold the file.

     % mosaic -tmpdir /huge/dir &
          
       1. Choose "Open URL" from File Menu
          Open nawqa-only/xxxx.html
       2. Choose "Load to Local Disk" from Options Menu
       3. Click on link to file to be downloaded
          Enter name for binary file on local disk:  xxxx.gz
     

  2. Avoid creating a temporary file by using Lynx as your browser.

• To retrieve using Lynx:

  % lynx nawqa-only/xxxx.html
  
    1. Position cursor on link to file
       Type "d" for download
    2. Choose Download Option "Save to disk" and
       enter a file name:  xxxx.gz
  

How to uncompress files

• Files compressed with "compress" command (.Z file name suffix)

  % uncompress filename.Z
  

• Files compressed with "gzip" command (.gz, .tgz file name suffix)

  % gunzip filename.gz
  

How to extract files from a "tar" archive

% tar xvof file.tar