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caizizuofang
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Can not change download folder

Post by caizizuofang »

Hi experts,
I recently installed sabnzbd plus on my HDA machine (home server). I was trying to change temp and complete download folder to another one. But everytime after I changed and saved it, sabnzbd automatically reset them to default folder. I saw one statement saying
You may use absolute path to save outside of default folder
I'm wondering how to realize it. Thanks.
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shypike
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Re: Can not change download folder

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The path should exist at the time SABnzbd starts.
This may be troublesome for external drives.
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Re: Can not change download folder

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You're right. My challenge is change path to external drive. Any way to make it to external hard drive? Or it's already a known unachievable? Thanks
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Re: Can not change download folder

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There is an option in Config->Special, called wait_ext_drive.
Set this to 1.
However, be careful. This will make SABnzbd to hang until the external
drive is available.
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Re: Can not change download folder

Post by caizizuofang »

I tried but still can't be able to change to external hard drive.
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Re: Can not change download folder

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What is the path that you enter in the "Temporary Download folder" box?
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Re: Can not change download folder

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the temp path which I tried to change is /var/hda/files/drive/ehd1/newsgroups/incomplete
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Re: Can not change download folder

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You are sure that this path exists and is writable for SABnzbd?
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Re: Can not change download folder

Post by caizizuofang »

The path is correct but just found permission was not authorized to my user groups. I changed the permission so now it's working. Thanks shypike and please close the thread. ;D
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