--- elinks-0.4pre17/src/protocol/file.c.orig	Sun Sep 29 19:22:23 2002
+++ elinks-0.4pre17/src/protocol/file.c	Sun Sep 29 19:31:32 2002
@@ -353,14 +353,23 @@
 
 	h = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_NOCTTY);
 	if (h == -1) {
-		saved_errno = errno;
+		unsigned char *new_name = init_str();
+		unsigned int new_len = 0;
+		add_to_str(&new_name, &new_len, name);
+		add_to_str(&new_name, &new_len, ".gz");
+		mem_free(name);
+		name = new_name;
+		h = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_NOCTTY);
+		if (h == -1) {
+			saved_errno = errno;
 
-		d = opendir(name);
-		if (d) goto dir;
+			d = opendir(name);
+			if (d) goto dir;
 
-		mem_free(name);
-		abort_conn_with_state(c, -saved_errno);
-		return;
+			mem_free(name);
+			abort_conn_with_state(c, -saved_errno);
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	set_bin(h);