[OS X TeX] CTAN zip download

[Maarten Sneep]

Hi,

Not all CTAN mirrors support the creation of on-the-fly .zip or .tar.gz  
files, possibly uni-bielefeld doesn't. The UK-TeX site supports them  
for sure, but ntg.nl doesn't (for example).

HTMH

Maarten

On 21 aug 2004, at 22:27, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> What happens is that I get onto any CTAN page in which it says
>
> Your request is about the directory xxx (e.g.  
> *macros/latex/contrib/misc/*  
> <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/? 
> filename=macros/latex/contrib/misc/&preferredCTAN=ftp.uni- 
> bielefeld.de&action=/getfile/>. )
> You can get the directory's contents as a *.zip*  
> <ftp://ftp.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/misc.zip>  
> archive
>
> The xxx link gets me back to the page where it says
> You can get this entire directory  
> <http://www.ctan.org/getfile/?filename=macros/latex/contrib/misc/ 
> &preferredCTAN=ftp.uni-bielefeld.de&action=/tex-archive/macros/latex/ 
> contrib/misc/>.
> which when I click it returns me to the first page.
>
> When I click the zip link, it does download a zip file but, as I said,  
> it is mostly empty.
>
> It is no big deal since I can download the files separarately but a  
> bit perplexing since I have no trouble downloading any other zip file.
>
> Regards
> --schremmer
>
>
> Kannan Moudgalya wrote:
>
>> If I am not mistaken, the original link is in two lines.  You are  
>> probably
>> using the first line only.
>>
>>
>>> Strictly speaking, this has nothing to do with LaTeX but has been a
>>> problem for me for the past couple of months with CTAN: when I try to
>>> "get the directory's contents as a .zip archive", I get a succession  
>>> of
>>> folders the last one of which is empty.
>>>
>>> The latest occurence was when I tried to get the package called  
>>> "cancel"
>>> suggested here by Berman. When I clicked on
>>> http://www.ctan.org/getfile/?filename=macros/latex/contrib/misc/
>>> and then on ".zip", I got the following folders
>>>
>>> pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/misc/
>>>
>>> where misc was empty.
>>>
>>> Could anyone tell me what am I doing that is even more stupid than
>>> usual? I would be much obliged.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> --schremmer
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