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What happens to a file when it fails to unpack
Posted: September 7th, 2023, 10:09 am
by jackbr4
I have general question as to what happens to a file when it fails to be unpacked for any reason? Is it deleted/purged or does it exist somewhere in the file structure?
Re: What happens to a file when it fails to unpack
Posted: September 7th, 2023, 10:22 am
by sander
In Incomplete or Complete/ Failed or / unpack ... with some leading underscores as bonus
Re: What happens to a file when it fails to unpack
Posted: September 7th, 2023, 11:32 am
by jackbr4
Thanks for the quick answer. When I go to home>.sabnzbd>Downloads I have a "complete" and "incomplete" but then no other folders. FYI, the majority of my unpacking errors happen due to an error in renaming.
Re: What happens to a file when it fails to unpack
Posted: September 7th, 2023, 12:57 pm
by sander
Be a daredevil and - with your file explorer or terminal - go into the Complete directory ... and discover what you see there
On my disk:
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sander@penguin:~/Downloads/complete$ ll | grep " _"
drwxr-xr-x 1 sander sander 0 Aug 19 21:59 _FAILED_E...
drwxr-xr-x 1 sander sander 0 Aug 19 21:52 _UNPACK_c...
And/or go into sabnzbd.log what kind of renaming you see there.
HTH