Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 12:15:10 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: fetch(1) vs browser download fails comparison Message-ID: <200512251715.MAA16909536@shell.TheWorld.com>
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Hello: How might a file retrieved/downloaded by fetch(1) differ from the same file downloaded by a web browser (in this case mozilla & firefox)? Specifically, if I download the free version of ZoneAlarm for Windows (about 10mb) by each of these methods, I get the file(s) and they're both the same length, but they fail comparison, both by cmp(1) and by differing md5 hashes. As a counterexample, fetching OpenOffice (some 80mb or so) works fine & hash-verifies correctly. This same behavior is with both 4.10-stable and 5.4-release. Ideas? Please cc me any replies. Thanks, -kc
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