*.part files

Hi,
My apologies if the answer is posted elsewhere...I claim "newbie ignorance".
I'm seeing many files in my Download folder with filenames ending in ".part". Most of the them are a year or more old. What are they? Can I safely delete them and not destroy anything else (i.e. applications)?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Doyle

You can delete them.....
The theory is: that they represent a download of a file in progress. Once a download is complete the ".part" is removed and the complete file is available.
If a download is interrupted and not resumed, the downloading program crashes etc while downloading, the ".part" fies become useless orphans.

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Firefox does not delete the .part file from my download folder after a successful download

First off, I'm on a MacBook Pro, running 10.6.4 and FF3.6.12
I've recently noticed that on occasion Firefox does not seem to delete the .part file associated with a successful download. The .part file (with a name consisting of a string of random characters followed by a .part extension) is visible in my Download folder stack, although not visible in the actual folder view. I cannot drag this file from the stack to the trash.
The real problem stems from the fact that this seems to create a directory error on my hard drive. Were I to run Disk Utility (which I will have to do... again!), it would return with an error saying something like "incorrect block length", requiring me to boot up from my install disk and repair the drive.
Is this maybe a bug? Is there something I might be doing wrong? Could an extension like AdBlock be messing up my downloads?

It seems that FireFox leaves those partial download files if for any reason they get interrupted. It's possible to resume the download through various uninteresting means, but if you're like me, it gets filled up with files that I intentionally did not complete downloading.
If you're terminal-savvy, you can set up a script that cleans up old .part files. Here's what I've set in my crontab:
0 * * * * /usr/bin/find ~/Downloads/*.part -atime +1 -exec rm {} \; &> /dev/null
It will delete any files in my downloads folder that are at least 1 day old.
To install this in your crontab, launch terminal and type "crontab -e"
This will bring up a text editor, probably vi. You'll see a bunch of ~'s down the left side. Type "i" to go into "insert" mode. The bottom left will say "-- INSERT --"
Copy and paste (or type) the line of code I have above.
Hit enter just to make sure you have a newline at the end.
Hit "Escape" to exit the insert mode.
Hit Shift-Z Shift-Z (that's Shift-Z twice) to exit the editor.
You should see a status message "crontab: installing new crontab"
If you type "crontab -l" you should see your newly installed crontab.
At the top of the next hour, any .part files that are more than a day old should be deleted, and this should continue forever.

Is there any way to resume downloading part files if the download manager says itts complete, but the size of the file is 350 bytes?

I have been trying to download the trail for Adobe Master Collection CS5. I had to restart the download several times due to an issue with the download manager. Recently i got to about 2.5 GB out of 4.5, and firefox crashed and I could not resume the downloa0d. I have a part file at the directory, but its only 759MB. Any help on how to resume?

I dont really see the reason to try to restart the download if this problem is gonna occur all the time...

Avoid creation of .part files for not started downloads

Hi,
whenever I right click on an item and do a "save link as..." FF creates a .part file on the desktop (my regular download folder) even if I don't start and cancel the download at this point (the point where the app asks under which name I want to save the file).
The .part file stays afterwards, even after I quit/restart FF.
The same thing happens when I click on any download's link since I made FF ask where I want the files to be downloaded in the preferences.
I noticed this behavior some time ago (around FF5) and I didn't bother since I clean my desktop regularly, but it's getting a bit annoying.
Double question :
- is this behavior normal ?
- shouldn't it be more logical to create the .part file only if the download is actually started?
Perhaps useful info : I use OsX10.5.8 and now on FF14

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420355

A .part file was created when I cancelled a download from a "Save As" dialog.

On my Macbook Pro (my OS is OS X 10.6.8), sometimes when I click on a download link, and then click Cancel (meaning I did NOT start the download at all), a .part file appears in my Downloads folder.
However, not all download links cause this problem to happen. Download links for things like MP3s and JPGs rarely cause this to happen, but download links for xls or torrent files will most likely cause this problem.
I've tested it. When I click on a download link for an MP3 file, but didn't click OK or CANCEL, a .part file would appear in my Downloads folder. However, when I hit CANCEL, the .part file goes away.
But when I tried this on a download link for a XLS file, the .part file stays there even after I hit CANCEL. To delete it, I had to drag it to the Trash folder myself and then empty the trash.
So is this a bug? Am I infected with a virus? Does your Mozilla Firefox create a .part file when you click on a download link but not confirm whether you want to download the file? Does the .part file go away after you hit CANCEL?
Thanks in advance.

hello, it's normal that downloads will start loading in the background and that a .part file is created even when you haven't made any choice on the "save as" dialog yet (in order to shorten the download time, it takes afterwards). however, those .part files should get deleted if you cancel the download.
if this isn't happening with all file-types you could try going through some troubleshooting steps related to downloading, which are described here: [[What to do if you can't download or save files]]

[SOLVED] makepkg error: Why is it looking for '.part' files?

I've been seeing the following problem with every package I try to build with makepkg. The download works, but then makepkg complains that it can't find the source file:
==> Making package: android-sdk r20-2 (Fri Jun 29 11:01:35 CDT 2012)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading android-sdk_r20-linux.tgz...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 78.7M 100 78.7M 0 0 1640k 0 0:00:49 0:00:49 --:--:-- 2166k
mv: cannot stat ‘/usr/local/src/android-sdk_r20-linux.tgz.part’: No such file or directory
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading android-sdk_r20-linux.tgz
Aborting...
Why is it looking for the .part file, instead of the .tgz file? When I run makepkg again, without doing anything in between, it finds the .tgz file and goes on its merry way.
I'm using curl, and I haven't tried wget. Judging by my unscientific sample of forum posts it looks like wget is the de facto standard, so this may not be on anyone else's radar.
Here's my makepkg.conf:
# /etc/makepkg.conf
# SOURCE ACQUISITION
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# Format: 'protocol::agent'
DLAGENTS=('ftp::/usr/bin/curl -fC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
'http::/usr/bin/curl -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
'https::/usr/bin/curl -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync -z %u %o'
'scp::/usr/bin/scp -C %u %o')
# Other common tools:
# /usr/bin/snarf
# /usr/bin/lftpget -c
# /usr/bin/wget
# ARCHITECTURE, COMPILE FLAGS
CARCH="x86_64"
CHOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
#-- Compiler and Linker Flags
# -march (or -mcpu) builds exclusively for an architecture
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MAKEFLAGS="-j4"
# BUILD ENVIRONMENT
# Defaults: BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
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#-- fakeroot: Allow building packages as a non-root user
#-- distcc: Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
#-- color: Colorize output messages
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# A negated option will do the opposite of the comments below.
#-- strip: Strip symbols from binaries/libraries
#-- docs: Save doc directories specified by DOC_DIRS
#-- libtool: Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
#-- emptydirs: Leave empty directories in packages
#-- zipman: Compress manual (man and info) pages in MAN_DIRS with gzip
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GPGKEY="E4FB694E"
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Last edited by wmarshall (2012-07-02 15:39:16)

It looks like this code is the culprit. I don't have time to dig into it right now, but presumably this works with wget. I would have thought any cmdline downloader would manage renaming the .part file itself...?
makepkg, lines 395-417 (pacman 4.0.3-2):
395 # replace %o by the temporary dlfile if it exists
396 if [[ $dlcmd = *%o* ]]; then
397 dlcmd=${dlcmd//\%o/\"$file.part\"}
398 dlfile="$file.part"
399 fi
414 # rename the temporary download file to the final destination
415 if [[ $dlfile != "$file" ]]; then
416 mv -f "$SRCDEST/$dlfile" "$SRCDEST/$file"
417 fi

I have downloaded a video in 3no .part files and i cannot find a way to open or combine them, what can I do?

The File names are as follows:-
1) 1JHpcp5W.part
2) uBFhyXWd.part
3) vz59w+uc.part
They were downloaded from a website as 3 parts of a single video and now I can't find a way to combine or open them.
Can you help me?

The problem is the three downloaded (.part) files are each part of a single video.
I believe that the files are complete in themselves, but need to be joined together to make the complete video
Nittie1507

.part files in download folder but no downloaded file

every time i download a file from a website, say silverlight by microsoft, all i receive is .part file in my downloads folder. I also cannot download the newer versions of adobe pdf due to this also, so it is not a website issue, but a browser issue. what can i do to remedy this? thank you. this has become quite a cumbersome issue. same thing happens when I try to download attachments from my email. thank you

you are going to have to delete, move or archive your data to regain at least 15-20 GBs of empty hard drive space.
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If you use iPhoto, iPhoto has its own trash that needs to be emptied, also.
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
In System folder under Printers folder, delete any printer drivers from manufacturers you aren't using.
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Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive older emails you want to save.
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
When you install and launch it, let it do its thing initially, then go to the cleaning and maintenance tabs and run all of the processes in the tabs. Let OnyX clean out all web browser cache files, web browser histories, system cache files, delete old error log files.
Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
You may have to Purchase an external FireWire or Thunderbolt hard drive to move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
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Good Luck!

I was lately downlaoding a 700mb file, but i lost the internet connection and i have the .part file and i cant click resume, is their any way that i can continue dowlaoding the file without the need redownloading from the begining?

I was lately downlaoding a 700mb file, but i lost the internet connection and only 635mb was downloaded and i have the .part file but the download menu says that download failed so i cant click resume, is their any way that i can continue dowlaoding the file without the need redownloading from the beginning?

I do not know if your file can be recovered. But I may be able help you to recreate it with ease. If you will settle for a composite where all image are re-sized for a particular tile size and virtually cropped to its aspect ratio. However all source image need be gathered into a folder to use my script process. Paste Image Roll Script and Picture Package Support Link http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/PasteImageRoll.jsx

Download fails, PART file in temp folder

I rebuilt my PC on the 8th June and downloaded the latest FireFox and installed it. Within a day or two download window stopped appearing. I went into Tools, Option, Downloads to check that the window should be appearing. It should be. I noticed that their was nothing in the downloads box and picking Browes failed to produce a folder selection dialogue. I then looked in the %temp% (win XP) folder and found a .part file. Removing the .part extension allowed the file to be opened.
Having googled the problem I looked at the about:config and found that the browser.download.dir & browser.download.lastDir keys were missing. Recreating them didn't fix the problem.
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Cheers
Ian
== Possibly after installing Adobe 9

I had this same problem, and followed instructions from here with success (mentioned above, thank you!)
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_save_or_download_files
Manually delete download history:
''Firefox 3: Download history is stored in the downloads.sqlite file instead of downloads.rdf. [13] Because of improvements in Firefox 3 data storage [14] there should be little need to manually delete the downloads.sqlite file, except in cases of file corruption. [15] [16] If you do delete downloads.sqlite, you should also delete downloads.rdf, if it exists.''

When accessing some pages, it starts to download .part file and not showing the page

When I access http://ingig.net it starts to download a .part file and doesn't show the page. I can view it the standard browser on Android 2.3
The Response Header is
Cache-Control:no-cache
Content-Encoding:gzip
Content-Length:8760
Content-Type:text/html; charset=utf-8
Date:Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:52:28 GMT
Expires:-1
Pragma:no-cache
ServerId:FROMSWEB02
Set-Cookie:ASP.NET_SessionId=ax3mgqrhwyj41lszbjsi1lka; path=/; HttpOnly
ntCoent-Length:27669

The page uses a non-standard mime type application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml. Firefox is not a wap browser.

No access to OS X part files!

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How to automatically resume .part file

i want, if internet connect after disconnect then autometically start download .part file. we don't need to resume it then what should do?

With Firefox doing normal downloads, the download will pause when you
close FF while doing a download, or pause the download yourself. When
FF restarts, so do the downloads.<BR><BR>
But some web sites will not allow this. So you end up with a bad download
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When I download files, the file will be empty, and there will also be a file with the extension of .part that contains the actual file. Sometimes it will have the same name and other times it will have a string of letters and numbers for the file name. I do a rename to get rid of the .part file and I delete the bad, empty file. It's a pain to have to do all that.

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I cannot download any attachments. I get the pop up message to save it, I save it but it saves all attachments as a .part file which cannot be opened (or it just opens in Word even when it is a music/sound file.
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* http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
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Downloading files - can I block the empty file from appearing at all? I'm not talking about the .part file, but the one that disappears later anyways.

Let's say I'm downloading several files, for each file that I'm downloading two new files appear in my download folder. For 'vol1.rar' I have ''an empty'' 'vol1.rar' and a 'vol1.rar.part' file, same for 'vol2.rar', 'vol3.rar', etc.
I would like to block this empty 'vol1.rar' file from appearing at all - it disappears after the download is finished anyway, and the .part file gets renamed with the actual name.
I'm downloading files to my desktop, from where I move them to the folders I want them in - having this disappearing 2nd file messes up the order I download the files in - if I add a new file after one of the files I was downloading has finished, the file be placed in the empty spot that the finished file has created, making it harder for me to move to the correct folder.
A lot of people have asked if it was possible to turn off the .part file, but I haven't seen a single thread about the empty file instead.
I know this file isn't necessary, because I moved it to another folder/deleted it many times before the download was finished and the real file was still fine.
So, any ideas as to how to block this file?

I don't believe there is any way to prevent file downloading if you allow internet access at all. as Király says, whatever they download and install will be limited to the guest account and will go poof on the logout.
however you can disable CD/DVD and external drives access. some of it can be done by enabling parental controls on the guest account. for more options you can install server admin tools
http://support.apple.com/downloads/ServerAdmin_Tools_105
and use workgroup manager to set further restrictions on the guest account.
P.S. workgroup manager can also forbid guest to mount disk images which will effectively make it impossible to install any programs at all even in the guest account.
Message was edited by: V.K.

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