Move downloaded files to new location #3475

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opened 2020-01-12 01:32:28 +01:00 by Theowoll · 2 comments

Theowoll commented

2020-01-12 01:32:28 +01:00

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
There is no method to move downloaded files to a new location.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add an option to move all downloaded files to the new location when changing 'Download Directory' in 'Settings'.
Add functionality to move individual files to a new location in 'Library'.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I used SQLite on lbrynet.sqlite to overwrite the file location after changing 'Download Directory' and closing the desktop app. Then I moved the files with a file manager to the new location. This seems to work without problem after restarting the app.

sqlite3 ~/.local/share/lbry/lbrynet/lbrynet.sqlite 'UPDATE file SET download_directory = "'`echo -n "/my/new/directory"|hexdump -v -e '/1 "%X"'`'" WHERE download_directory IS NOT NULL;'

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** There is no method to move downloaded files to a new location. **Describe the solution you'd like** - Add an option to move all downloaded files to the new location when changing 'Download Directory' in 'Settings'. - Add functionality to move individual files to a new location in 'Library'. **Describe alternatives you've considered** I used SQLite on lbrynet.sqlite to overwrite the file location after changing 'Download Directory' and closing the desktop app. Then I moved the files with a file manager to the new location. This seems to work without problem after restarting the app. ``` sqlite3 ~/.local/share/lbry/lbrynet/lbrynet.sqlite 'UPDATE file SET download_directory = "'`echo -n "/my/new/directory"|hexdump -v -e '/1 "%X"'`'" WHERE download_directory IS NOT NULL;' ```

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tzarebczan commented

2020-01-13 16:40:17 +01:00

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Thanks for filing this! We'll need SDK support to accomplish this, I've opened: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/issues/2722

rainbowjaw commented

2020-11-17 09:00:35 +01:00

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Along these lines would love to be able to resync files which might be in different folders/harddrives. For example you can publish from any folder on your harddrive, but if BLOB files get deleted the only way to seed the files again is by moving them into the downloads folder...

Would love to be able to select the file from the desktop somewhere.