Download files not named correctly

[Basil Chupin]

On 18/01/13 08:30, Rocky1937 wrote:
> I am using ubuntu 12.04 and have the latest Firefox 18.0 with all 
> current updates.
>
> I have been downloading files for years here with no problem.  A 
> couple of weeks ago I starting having problems with the  chapter names 
> being named after the story name  ' Operation_Hammerhead.htm'-- rather 
> than the normal 'operation_hammerhead_02.htm' --    I have tried other 
> stories and some other sites, all have this problem.
>
> I have 3 computers, a laptop and a desktop both running Ubuntu 12.04 
> and one desktop running Win XP.  All use Firefox and the 2 Ubuntu 
> computers both have this problem. The desktop running XP DOES NOT have 
> the problem.  I have tried 2 other browsers on the ubuntu computers 
> and they have all had the same results. All other downloading has been 
> running normally.
>
> I have putzed around with this for a week -- the solution avoiding me 
> completely.
>
> I queried one of the websites and got this response from them:
>
> "At ' xxxxxxxxx' we use index.htm for the Story Pages and 
> storyname_01.htm, storyname_02.htm etc for the individual chapters.  
> The default html names for both index and chapter pages are set to the 
> name of the story.  The fact that Firefox running on Ubuntu is where 
> you’re having this problem would indicate that the linux must handle 
> the title parameter in html in some other way."
>
> Any suggestions?

OK, I have now been given the URL you are talking about.

My first question is: what do you do with the material you get from this 
site?

And second question: what do you mean by "I have been downloading 
files....." - how do you download them?

If you left-click on the chapter name you will get the actual chapter on 
the screen and when you then right-click the menu menu comes up where 
you Save As - but this will give you the same name for each of the 
chapters and you are given the choice of overwriting the file name or 
you can alter the name in the file name box.

On the other hand, if you RIGHT-click on the chapter name you are also 
presented with a menu but here when you go to Save As the file names are 
numbered sequentially. Mind you, you don't the full name of the chapter 
which is what you see on the URL page but you will get something like 
hpb_03.htm for the story HENRY AND THE BALANCE OF PROBABILITY. But you 
DO get the files correctly numbered.

One other way to get the chapters is to use ScreenGrab, an addon for 
Firefox. Save the Whole Page (ie the chapter) and you will also get each 
file having a unique number.

BTW, while you are still on the home page of that URL and you 
right-click on the name of a book and select Save As you will get the 
index.htm which is mentioned in the reply when you received from the 
website.

BC

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