Re: [Mldonkey-users] file sizes in temp directory

[Falk Hueffner]

Matthias Witassek <address@hidden> writes:

> the size of all files in my temp directory for mldonkey is about as
> twice as the size of my harddisk - at least it is shown this way.
> Physically it must be correct, because I've never had any problems
> while downloading.
> 
> But now I need your advice: I want to move the temp directory to a
> bigger harddisk (but still not big enough for this dir) without
> losing already downloaded chunks. Of course all programs fail during
> copying due to the size problem.

Use GNU cp or tar with the --sparse option.

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        Falk