.bin files

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  1. amr27

    amr27

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    Hi, I have 8gb SSD version with linpus on it.

    When i download somthing on my ssd (i use rapidshare 2mb/sec) my AAO stalls and i can do nothing untill the download is completed.
    Now i download directly to my external HDD and the problem i had is gone, jeej for that.
    But now every downloader .rar file automaticly has .bin added, when i rename this i can open it as a normal .rar .

    Example: i download topgearpart1.rar
    the downloaded files says topgearpart1.rar.bin and i cannot open it with xarchiver.
    when i rename this to topgearpart1.rar i can.

    is there a way of making my AAO not naming every downloaded file a .bin file ?


    Thnx
     
    amr27, Nov 3, 2008
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    rbil

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    With Linux .bin files are usually executable files. Possibly a rar.bin is a self-extracting rar file? I have never seen one of them, so can't be positive.

    .bin files are usually run by doing either:

    ./somefile.bin (when you are in the directory where the .bin file is located)

    or

    sh somefile.bin

    Cheers.
     
    rbil, Nov 3, 2008
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    donec

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    I have had good results with just removing the .bin with rename and continuing as normal.
     
    donec, Nov 3, 2008
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