Ahh! Cool, thanks (I had acquired 50000 and was working in the temp dir,
but I forgot about the temp files). Is there a way to script it so when
starting lynx it checks for the existance of a temp dir and if so, sets
the scratch dir to it?
 
--micah
 
Dennis S. Keeler ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: In article <1995May8.083327.45153@miavx1>, [log in to unmask]
(Micah James Cooper) writes:
: > I'm having repeated problems downloading large files via lynx on the VAX.
: > It gives some sort of error and says hit return to clean up. It also says
: > it's a beta. Is there a newer beta or an older reliable version that
: > wouldn't do this? Thanks
: >
: > --micah
: >
:         I think I had the same problem. You are probably running out of space
: in your account. Now you might think, "But I'm in a temp dir with plenty of
: space." The problem, though, is that as you download a file with lynx, it
saves
: it as a temp file in your sys$scratch directory. Then when it is done, it
will
: copy the temp file to current directory, giving it the name your specify. So
: what you need to do is acquire twice as much temp space as you think you need
: and then
: $ define sys$scratch temp:
:         Thanks go to Kent Covert for giving me this solution.
: --
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