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Would it be possible to set a maximum size for the COMPLETE & INCOMPLETE folder ?

This way I prevent it from filling up my HDD.


p.s. if there is a way to manual set this in linux (Ubuntu) let me know please

Suppose "complete" is full, what do you want SABnzbd to do?
Stop downloading of stop post-processing?

Already have this for INCOMPLETE in Folders Config:
Minimum Free Space for Temp. Download Folder:
Auto-pause when free space is beneath this value.

No this is not what I mean , I want to set the folder to a max size.
My HDD is 1TB , but I only want sabnzbd+ to use max 50GB of this HDD for incomplete
And like 200GB for COMPLETE

Suppose "complete" is full, what do you want SABnzbd to do?
Stop downloading of stop post-processing?

TBH not really thought of that ;-)
Now I am thinking of it ... what would be ideal is :

* Before sabnzbd+ starts a download, it checks the space that COMPLETE FOLDER has left.
   If that's enough, than it can start. If not than it needs to pause.

Not sure if that is even possible or something else is maybe possible to prevent the HDD from filling ?

The only reason that the "incomplete" limit is present is to prevent
downloaded data from getting lost.

A more general feature like you describe would not be a core SABnzbd function.
It's not a swiss-army knive.

Maybe setting up a quota per folder? These instructions are Gentoo specific, but you could probably learn from the concepts.
http://tinyurl.com/5tx6gl (google cache)
The real site is in a transition currently, apparently they are in a pissing match with previous host. (reads like a daytime drama)