[NTLUG:Discuss] File size question

[Stuart Johnston]

Ted wrote:
> Hello to the group.  I'm attempting to download a huge Oracle binary and 
> I'm getting "Insufficient room to save the file" messages.  When I look 
> at the properties for the destination folder, some of the directories 
> are >50 gigabytes, yet the download fails  What am I doing wrong?

Are you using a web browser to download the file?  Web browsers will 
often try to download to a temporary location and then copy it.

When downloading large files, it is better to use wget or even better, ftp.

HTH,
Stuart Johnston