Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/HttpUrlConnectionUtil.java
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diff -u -r08950e1090443c3423a3d1c587416a2fccd8bbdf -r61317102871979affdac4fc9b0dfa7fcff389f99
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/HttpUrlConnectionUtil.java	(.../HttpUrlConnectionUtil.java)	(revision 08950e1090443c3423a3d1c587416a2fccd8bbdf)
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/HttpUrlConnectionUtil.java	(.../HttpUrlConnectionUtil.java)	(revision 61317102871979affdac4fc9b0dfa7fcff389f99)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 /* $$Id$$ */
 package org.lamsfoundation.lams.util;
 
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 
 import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 
@@ -153,14 +155,10 @@
 			if (status == STATUS_OK)
 			{
 			    InputStream inputStream = con.getInputStream(); //start reading the input stream
-				OutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream(absoluteFilePath);
+				OutputStream outStream = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(absoluteFilePath));
+				
+				IOUtils.copy(inputStream, outStream);
 				   
-				int c = -1;
-				while ((c = inputStream.read())!= -1)
-				{
-					outStream.write(c);
-				}
-				   
 				inputStream.close();
 				outStream.close(); 
 				if ( log.isDebugEnabled() ) {