>>> On 7/7/2016 at 09:37 AM, Steve Thompson <ste...@copper.net> wrote: 
> Meanwhile, Google is sometimes my enemy. With the Linux system I 
> am running, certain links will not function correctly, 
> particularly when they point directly to a .pdf (thank you Adobe 
> for abandoning Linux).

When I run into something odd like this, I:
Right-click the link
Select "copy link"
Switch to a terminal session
Issue wget -N "CTRL-V" (with the double quotes in case there are shell meta 
characters in the link.)


Mark Post

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