Req: Blacklist support filenames (or a blacklist.txt file)
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saintsinnerman
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Req: Blacklist support filenames (or a blacklist.txt file)
From old google searches it looks like this used to be supported a few years back or the AI is hallucinating. It would be extremely useful if instead of just blocking extensions, we were able to use filenames (*.exe would work for extension support) either in the current location, or to allow support of a blacklist text file. For me personally it's to kill thumbnail.jpg files that movie rippers seem to be really into using now, but I don't want to block all jpgs as frequently they're useful files. Since the program is already using a blacklist it would make sense to expand this as opposed to running an additional script with every download that does the same work for a specific file which may or may not exist with each download. TIA
Re: Req: Blacklist support filenames (or a blacklist.txt file)
AI is hallucinating, it was never supported.
But do you mean blacklist, which aborts download if a file is detected during download, or the Cleanup list? That one cleans up after download.
Because if you just want to Cleanup after successful download, then AI can super easily make you a post processing script that does this. Just point it to our documentation for post processing script.
But do you mean blacklist, which aborts download if a file is detected during download, or the Cleanup list? That one cleans up after download.
Because if you just want to Cleanup after successful download, then AI can super easily make you a post processing script that does this. Just point it to our documentation for post processing script.
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saintsinnerman
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Re: Req: Blacklist support filenames (or a blacklist.txt file)
Well, the blocked extensions options are (in 5.0.1) whitelist or blacklist, so I was using the same terminology (as it presumably blacklists both downloading files by that extension as well as extracting/copying them during that process) but yes, it's arguably a cleanup procedure like the system already does with the unwanted extensions that are listed as blacklisted filetypes. I'm just trying to avoid having the program run another separate script after every download since it already does the same functional thing via whatever method the blacklisted extensions option does when it triggers - but yes, I could definitely add a script if I really want to stop manually deleting them before moving to their final destination it just made more sense to request expansion of the extension function but I get it, not going to happen. Thanks though - appreciate the quick response 
Re: Req: Blacklist support filenames (or a blacklist.txt file)
The blocked extensions are different, they already abort the job during the download. So the whole download wouldn't never be finished. You only want to clean them up after the download?
Running a script takes milliseconds.
Running a script takes milliseconds.
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Re: Req: Blacklist support filenames (or a blacklist.txt file)
I will see if I can add this feature to 5.1.0.
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