automatic drive switch when one runs out of space?

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drezilla
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automatic drive switch when one runs out of space?

Post by drezilla » 2006-04-28 07:03

For the heavy user...

It would be nice to have the ability to switch drives automatically when space runs out.

i.e.

D:\down is the current location for downloads
D:\incomming is the current location for incoming downloads

when this drive runs out of room it should automatically switch to E: for both down and incomming directories.

E:\down
E:\incomming

The reason for this is that when one runs out of room one can manually move a specific file/folder (but not the root directory) to another drive. The problem with this is that the incomming is still set to the other drive which means that when you switch a file/folders directory/drive location it still downloads first to the incomming folder and then copies to the final location.

I know that i can do direct downloads to a location but i prefer not to do so.

Perhaps a way of having a list of incomming/down pairs ??

Is this a good idea or just plain dumb ????

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Re: automatic drive switch when one runs out of space ???

Post by GargoyleMT » 2006-04-28 07:23

drezilla wrote:Is this a good idea or just plain dumb ????
I pay attention to what I download and how much space I have free. I think other people should do the same. If you're downloading more than you have room for, that strikes me as... bad.

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Re: automatic drive switch when one runs out of space ???

Post by ullner » 2006-04-28 07:27

drezilla wrote:The problem with this is that the incomming is still set to the other drive
Use %[targetdrive] (it's explained in the help file).

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