How to get SABnzdb to clean up after itself

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beatbreaker
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How to get SABnzdb to clean up after itself

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Currently my /Downloads directory is a mount with around 30G on it, it seems that the Downloads/incomplete directory fills up with old files, and then SAB (rightly) pauses itself.

What's the setting to automate cleanup of the complete/failed files? ...or do I need to script this myself and trigger it after the download is either complete or confirmed failed (and is that trigger for both types of events possible?)

I don't want to keep diving into the directory and cleaning it myself, the less this needs to be maintained the better
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shypike
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Re: How to get SABnzdb to clean up after itself

Post by shypike »

Is this left by failed items in the queue?
If so, you can schedule a removal of all failed jobs in Config->Scheduler.
Or manually purge the queue of all failed items.
Otherwise, some more investigation is needed into why debris is left behind.
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Re: How to get SABnzdb to clean up after itself

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I've set the job to happen every day, I'll monitor it and see if it helps :)

Thanks for the tips
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