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Title: how to take an incomplete download out of circulation
Post by: philippe on May 04, 2005, 08:22:20 PM

sometimes i get downloads that remain incomplete.
how can i put them "on the shelf" so i can try a resume in 2 months
but still take them out of circulation so new downloaders
don't come daily with vain hopes of being able to complete it.

kind regards     philippe

Title: Re: how to take an incomplete download out of circulation
Post by: ken on May 06, 2005, 07:03:13 AM

There's no feature in aMule that quite does what you want.  You can accomplish it, though, by moving the part file out of the Temp directory until you think it may be more complete.  Here are the detailed instructions:

• In aMule, determine the part file for the incomplete file.  Use right-click (control-click on the Mac) to get the contextual menu for the file.  In that menu is the Preview menu item and it shows the part file number.  Let's assume for illustration purposes that the number is 001.
• Quit aMule
• cd ~/.aMule/Temp
  
• Create a directory to hold disabled part files: mkdir disabled
  
• Move the part file (and its associated .part.met and .part.met.bak files) into the disabled directory: mv 001.* disabled
  
• Restart aMule.  The disabled part files won't appear in aMule's download files list, nor will it be shared.

To re-enable a disabled part file:

• Quit aMule
• cd ~/.aMule/Temp
  
• Check to make sure aMule hasn't re-used the part file number.  This should report "No match": ls 001.*
  
• If the part file number hasn't been re-used, move the disabled part, part.met, and part.met.bak files back to their original location (notice the important final dot on this command!): mv disabled/001.* .
  
• If the part file number has been re-used, then you have to renumber the files when you move them back.  Use ls *.part.met | tail -1 to find the highest number in use, then add 1.  For illustration purposes, I'll assume the output of that command is "387.part.met", so the next unused number is 388.  So, the command to re-enable the part file is: mv disabled/001.part ./388.part ; mv disabled/001.part.met ./388.part.met ; mv disabled/001.part.met.bak ./388.part.met.bak
  
• Restart aMule.  The re-enabled file will once again appear in your Download files list and be shared.

Title: Re: how to take an incomplete download out of circulation
Post by: philippe on May 06, 2005, 07:56:58 AM

thanks a lot for this comprehensive answer, Ken.
to avoid quitting aMule for the removal,
you can also right-click cancel the download
after copying the partial files to another directory.

maybe the devs could pack your recipe into a feature.
i feel there needs to be better tools to avoid
masses of users routinely running into incomplete downloads.

kind regards     philippe