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Using bit torrent to do partial downloads is nice but it will not remove deleted or renamed files. Over the years, specially if you update each release, you wil
by amlib 3y ago
Using bit torrent to do partial downloads is nice but it will not remove deleted or renamed files. Over the years, specially if you update each release, you will end up with lots of files that shouldn't be there. You can of course have some kind of script that checks file lists for each set and delete anything not in there.
- LeoPanthera 3y agoI use qBittorrent, and all I have to do is tell it to "Move" the torrent after the download is complete. It only moves files in the torrent, and leaves redundant stuff in the old directory.
- happymellon 3y agoI read the parent post to imply that there were ROMs or hacks distributed previously that are no longer distributed as part of the set because the hack is no longer needed. I'm not sure how your "move" would resolve this if it was already copied in a previous release.
- LeoPanthera 3y agoIf you point the current torrent at the same rom directory, wait for it to finish, and then tell the client to move the downloaded files, it won't move anything that is no longer part of the current torrent.
- happymellon 3y agoUnless Im really missing something, it would have already been moved by the previous torrent?
- bdsa 3y agoYes, into the directory you're moving the files from...
- sumtechguy 3y agoTorrent check is really what you want it will remove any no longer needed files. It can put them into a folder for safe keeping if you like. The method here works as well. You basically run the new torrent over the old files (so you start half way done). Then move the data folder. In the old folder will be any files that are no longer part of the torrent. In the new folder will be only the files for the new torrent.
- kentuckian 3y agoThis is a nice solution. Back in the days I used an awesome utility called TorrentCheck ( https://pleasuredome.miraheze.org/wiki/TorrentCheck https://pleasuredome.miraheze.org/wiki/TorrentCheck ) developed by the Pleasuredome user "blackpudd". I miss that community so much.
- LeoPanthera 3y agoA lot of them moved to Discord, as perhaps you know. https://discord.gg/zQyAgSAd https://discord.gg/zQyAgSAd (I don't like Discord, personally, but when a community moves en masse, there's not much you can do about it.)
- madengr 3y ago[dead]
- kentuckian 3y agoI'm aware of that, thank you, but I don't like it either. The magic for me is lost.
- sumtechguy 3y agoYeah the discord chats there are pretty dead. Usually only getting a bit of traffic once a month around release. The exo board is a LOT more active.