[OS X TeX] CTAN zip download

[Alain Schremmer]

(1) Sorry for the mess I made with the links.

(2) This feels right. I will look at the mirror that was operational.

Thanks
--schremmer

Maarten Sneep wrote:

> 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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