HTML Question -- Binary Downloads

[Janina Sajka]

Can someone tell me what determines whether a hyperlinked file will be 
treated as a text page to be retrieved and rendered as opposed to a binary 
file to be downloaded and saved?

I'm writing a HOWTO and want to point to downloadable image files with 
hyperlinks, but my links aren't working correctly. I've tried both http:// 
and ftp:// addressing, but always get the same result--my iso images are 
grabbed as though they were text. What I'm wanting is the lynx screen that 
says "Download or Cancel."

Is this a permissions issue? A server-side Apache configuration issue? I'm 
stumped.


All help most gratefully appreciated.


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				Janina Sajka, Director
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