This results in 404 error
Download location
Moderator: Graf Zahl
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jaquboss
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Download location
I've just noticed that while Your server is case-sensitive, link in download section is http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/gzdoom/arch ... 1-2-01.zip while real file is http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/gzdoom/arch ... 1-2-01.zip
This results in 404 error
This results in 404 error
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Rachael
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Re: Download location
I will not change the case sensitivity of this server - anyone who knows Linux file systems should be aware of this little feature of any of the default kernel-managed file systems in Linux.
However, as a favor to Graf, I've corrected his download links to point to the right files. Thank you for pointing it out.
However, as a favor to Graf, I've corrected his download links to point to the right files. Thank you for pointing it out.
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Graf Zahl
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Re: Download location
The file was correctly named when I uploaded it. The case must have gotten lost during the server move.
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Rachael
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Re: Download location
That would not surprise me, actually.
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Gez
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Re: Download location
Well, if the path had been wrong originally, it would mean that nobody noticed the dead link since the 15th of March this year. And I've seen comments from some people on some forums, who do use 1.2.01, which led me not to believe they'd have the brainpower to be able to guess the correct path like jaquboss did. 
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Rachael
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Re: Download location
1 & 1 had a little feature on their servers called "URL correction", where if you mistyped a URL it would automatically correct it for you.
I despised this, because if you were trying to hide files, it would expose them, and they offered you no option to disable it.
Anyway, part of that was, even though the files were still case sensitive on the file system itself, the "correction" would automatically notice the mis-casing of the files, and correct it for you without you ever noticing. Since there was only one possible solution to the "dead link" it did it transparently without you ever noticing.
Anyway, the point of this is, Graf most likely is right, the casing simply got screwed - however, it's still possible that he uploaded them all-lowers originally and linked it with proper casing and it just worked. If that's the case, then that's why nobody's noticed any problem since March.
Another thing is, though, is that .zip's are also a case-insensetive file system, and a lot of the site was transferred using zip files. (Hey, gotta conserve bandwidth somehow) So that could also have screwed things too.
I despised this, because if you were trying to hide files, it would expose them, and they offered you no option to disable it.
Anyway, part of that was, even though the files were still case sensitive on the file system itself, the "correction" would automatically notice the mis-casing of the files, and correct it for you without you ever noticing. Since there was only one possible solution to the "dead link" it did it transparently without you ever noticing.
Anyway, the point of this is, Graf most likely is right, the casing simply got screwed - however, it's still possible that he uploaded them all-lowers originally and linked it with proper casing and it just worked. If that's the case, then that's why nobody's noticed any problem since March.
Another thing is, though, is that .zip's are also a case-insensetive file system, and a lot of the site was transferred using zip files. (Hey, gotta conserve bandwidth somehow) So that could also have screwed things too.