On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 4:09 PM, L Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > I.e. IE will download things to a tmp dir (usually > under the user's home dir on windows), then > move it into place when it is done. This prevents partly > transfered files from appearing in the destination. >
IE does not download to a tmp folder. For instance, I just downloaded a file to a folder, and I can watch the file grow in the destination folder. IE uses a ".partial" extension for the file as it downloads it, renaming the file to the proper file when it's done. Chrome and Firefox behave similarly, just using a different extension for the partial file. ] dir ubuntu-12.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso.scwpnys.partial 04/05/2014 04:57 PM 13,115,224 ubuntu-12.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso.scwpnys.partial ] dir ubuntu-12.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso.scwpnys.partial Volume in drive C is OS 04/05/2014 04:57 PM 14,163,800 ubuntu-12.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso.scwpnys.partial I'm not convinced trying to pre-optimize for disk fragmentation is useful here. If the user is concerned about such things, they're free to copy the download after it's done and delete the original. Or run an defragmenter.
