Re: Are lynx cache an issue?

Hi Chime,
May I ask why you cannot direct lynx to download to a specific location?
Clearing the cache will likely not influence things.  That tends to be=20
best  when cookies that normally get you into a site are failing.
Is it possible to download fewer at once, to see if the no space left in=20
device message remains?
Kare



On Thu, 21 May 2026, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> Chime Hart dixit:
>
>> Hi All: While I am at an easynews site downloading binaries, after savin=
g at
>> least a gig's worth of 171mb files. I then get a message saying "filewri=
ter, no
>> space left on device" So I figured, if I could clear my cache? But in re=
ading,
>
> Might be temporary directory size. Often, /tmp is not as large as
> other spaces. lynx honours the TMPDIR environment variable, but for
> downloading large files, I=E2=80=99d use wget, as lynx insists on downloa=
ding
> to the tmpdir, then storing the potentially decompressed file in a
> second step.
>
> bye,
> //mirabilos
> --=20
> 15:41=E2=8E=9C<Lo-lan-do:#fusionforge> Somebody write a testsuite for hel=
loworld :-)
>
>