Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:45:58 +0100 From: Anand Buddhdev <arb@anand.org> To: Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lynx downloads Message-ID: <20030114224558.GA16248@anand.org> In-Reply-To: <OE365Jo9qareZEUPMYN00001885@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 04:42:00PM -0600, Brian Henning wrote: > i am trying to download an iso image with lynx from a http site. i noticed > that lynx stores the file in the /tmp directory. the problem is my /tmp is > only 250MB but the iso is 500+ MB. What can i do in order avoid getting disk > errors while downloading this file? Use wget or curl instead of lynx. These utilities download the file via FTP or HTTP directly to the location of your choice, eg: $ cd /path/to/big/partition $ wget http://site/large.iso -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehome | help
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