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Could we get a fallback download directory.

So that when the download directory is full it simply stores files on another folder.

You already have the option to put the processed files somewhere else.
Normally, the download folder need not become full.

Besides, what do we do when half-way down the download of a job, the download folder is full?
Write the other files somewhere else? The par2 and unrar utilities need all files in one folder.
Adding such a  feature makes the implementation so much more complex,
while being only useful for a rather limited number of users.

Ok what about a fallback completed directory?

Would that rule out all the issues with Par2 and Unrar?

The main reason we do not have a disk space alert on the "complete" disk
(we do on the "incomplete" one) is that we cannot predict reliably
when the disk will be full (due to unpacking).
par2 and unrar are autonomous processes that we cannot really control
from SABnzbd (we just launch them and look at their console output).

I'm sure we could do something but we would never get it 100% reliable.
That situation may frustrate the users even more than doing nothing....

BTW: the only reason we have an "incomplete" alert is to avoid
wasting the download quotum of users (some pay per MB or are otherwise limited).
It's not really there to prevent the disk-full problem as such.