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0 pointsloeg1y ago0 comments

Browsers typically emit downloads to temporary files until they are complete, then rename them into the final location, to prevent this kind of issue.

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kevincox1y ago

Tools like wget or curl often do not. And the shell doesn't when doing something like `curl ... >myscript.sh`.

loegOP1y ago

Sure. Just pointing out that there's a good reason browsers do this.

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0 pointsloeg1y ago0 comments

Browsers typically emit downloads to temporary files until they are complete, then rename them into the final location, to prevent this kind of issue.

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kevincox1y ago

Tools like wget or curl often do not. And the shell doesn't when doing something like `curl ... >myscript.sh`.

loegOP1y ago

Sure. Just pointing out that there's a good reason browsers do this.

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