doesnt handle partial file downloads well

[spotter]

If newsbin is quit with partial downloads (either due to failures or because a file is still in process), when one restarts newsbin the entire file has to be redownloaded. why isn't the data written to disk? (I think back in the day this wasnt a problem).

I'm seeing it now due to trying to experiment with astraweb and their known issue of having many 430s.

[Quade]

What version are you using? I was just testing this yesterday and 6.3 is definitely saving between runs. It might also depend on whether you have a memcache limit set in the configuration file.

[spotter]

6.30b2 and I'm definitely using mem cache (as generally files dont get written till totally downloaded), just unsure where its defined.

[spotter]

I have a memcache limit of 100 (which makes sense why my files aren't being written) but I'd expect them to be written at some point.

[Quade]

That's probably why they're not getting saved between runs. It's the downside of using the memcache. There's currently no mechanism for storing partial downloads.

I'll add an item to my todo list to look at this again.