Any way to Change Folders while Queue is not Empty?

[jck1]

Hi all.

I have an issue where my C: drive did not have a lot of space, so I set the temporary download folder, the cache folder, and Completed folders all pointing to a removable drive.

After a reboot, my drive was not available so SABNZBD pointed everything back to the default folders on the C drive...  while I still had a single large transfer in my queue. Now I cannot redirect the folders back to my removable drive within the config (says I cannot make changes while having a queue). 

C: drive won't have enough to cover the transfer (100GB total, 30GB remaining, 5GB free space on C drive), and since it is partly through with the transfer, I don't want to delete the queue and try to recreate it unless there is an easy way.

- Can I force redirecting of the folders?
- Is there an easy way to export what is left of the current queue then readd it?

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[shypike]

If you're very careful, you can move the data.
Stop SABnzbd.
Move or copy all data in the "temporary download" folder to another location.
Open the sabnzbd.ini file using a text editor.
Find the line beginning with
download_dir =
Remove the current folder name (after the "=") and replace it with the full path of the new location.
Save the file and exit the editor.
Start SABnzbd.

[jck1]

Perfect, thanks!

[andyo]

Hi, this doesn't seem to be working anymore. I moved the temp files to the new temp folder, and changed the sabnzbd.ini file as directed, but when I started sabnzbd the queue was blank, and when I went into settings the temp folder was still the old one. Would there be another way to do this?

Thanks.

[shypike]

It should work, provided you actually enter a valid path in the INI file.
If the folder cannot be accessed or is not writable, the default path will be restored.