[Mldonkey-users] Re: Question about lost harddrive space and downloading.

[Sven Hartge]

Martin <address@hidden> wrote:
> Slickert wrote...
>> Hi I have a few problems:
 
> Yes. First one: very bad english!

Ähem.

>> 1. I tried to download a file (around 800Mb)
>>       I canceled the download after a while
>>  --> File disappeared out of the "temp" folder, but the 800Mb didn't return.
>>  --> Know I lost around  10 G, and I don't know how to get them back.
 
> How do you lost them? Where do you see the space is gone? When the
> temp-file is removed the disc-space will increase again...

Maybe the client is still running and keeps the filedescriptor open.
This causes the bytes to be still used. But after stopping the core,
this bytes should be available again.

>> 2. I download a file, it works OK but after a while the client
>>    left the mldonkey
 
> ? I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about...the client
> left mldonkey? LOL
 
I think he means the source vanished because the peer left the
donkey-network.
 
S°

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