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Currently SABnzbd processes in this order:

Downloads to Incomplete Folder  >  Moves to Category folder  >  Unpacks Files  >  Deletes Files  >  Sorts and Renames

I would like to have it done in this order:

Downloads to Incomplete Folder  >  Unpacks Files  >  Deletes Files  >  Sorts and Renames  >  Moves to Category folder

The reason for this is that I have another program that monitors my Category folder for new files and downloads metadata. Sometimes it can cause SABnzbd to fail during the sorting process because my other program is accessing the files and they cannot be renamed or moved.

It doesn't work the way to describe it, but like this:

Downloads to Incomplete Folder  >  Unpacks Files  >   Deletes Files > Moves to Category folder  >  Sorts and Renames

The Downloads > Unpacks phase will stay teh way it is
because in the ideal two drive scenario this is more efficient.
Because unpacking goes from "incomplete" to "complete"
(highly efficient when "incomplete" is on one drive and "complete" on the other).

Much will change in this area for later releases,
so we're not changing anything right now.

Cannot you tell your software to stay away from __UNPACK__* folders?
The alternative is to write a small user script that SABnzbd will run
at the end of a job, which will signal a new folder to your other software.

unfortunately no, i can't tell my software to ignore the _UNPACK_ folder.

Your explanation about the efficiency makes sense and since i am on a two drive system it is the most efficient way.

I will look into writing a script to solve my issue, thanks for your help.