Delete empty folders

[chris8837]

Just found something interesting.

I watched the folder when something was downloading and the folder did delete after unraring.

but a few seconds later the program downloaded the rest of the misc files and the folder showed up again and then deleted everything again leaving the folder.

Is there a setting that I'm missing in the program.


Thanks for the help

[spartaniz]

It didn't work. Nothing is interfering with altbinz, in fact, after uninstalling quickpar, it stopped extracting my downloads

[Hecks]

It didn't work. Nothing is interfering with altbinz, in fact, after uninstalling quickpar, it stopped extracting my downloads

Well, do you have Alt.Binz set up for par2 checking & unraring? This would go a lot quicker if you could give full details of your setup. To repeat: Alt.Binz has no need for and does not use QuickPar.

This would also go a lot quicker if you could test your setup immediately with a test NZB as you make changes. No need for this to last another 4 days ...

For quick feedback & help, visit #alt.binz @ EFNet

[spartaniz]

Im sorry, I dont have very fast internet. I will test it now again.

this is my setup for my download box:
windows xp sp3
pentium 4
1gb ram
security essentials as anti virus

in altbinz the unrar options are:
autounrar checked
overwrite existing files
at the delete after unraring- *.sfv *.md5 *.srr Thumbs.db
delete archives checked
delete empty folder checked

at nzb 2 options, at the import as paused
sample par 2 file is checked
sample files
nzb files
nfo files
srr files

at par2 options
par2 checking is enabled
delete par2 files if ok
par2 repairing- cleanup after par2 repair checked

[Hecks]

As you're testing, please check both the PAR2 tab and the Log (detailed) for any errors.

[spartaniz]

finished downloading a 100mb file, did not unrar. the par2 tab shows no errors and the log tab only displays  my connection hostory.

[Hecks]

So is there anything on your PAR2 tab? What you should see is an entry for the small par2 file, expand it to see which blocks have been verified and which have failed.

Note that if no par2 is downloaded to the same dir as the archive - either because there are none in the collection, or all are paused - then neither par2 checking nor unraring are possible.

[spartaniz]

ok, I've uninstalled altbinz, installed it again, removed everything from that pc- its literately just altbinz and winrar on that pc, installed altbinz with the installer, updated to the latest version, added my rss filter, checked all the settings, file association, and my rss feed grabbed the good wife, which downloaded 100%, par 2 tab shows green, all good, the log again just shows info on my connection to the news server. It does show a status error code 0, but that's it. It did not unrar or anything.

[Rdl]

Do you have unrar.dll located in your misc folder?
Do you have rar icon in "unrar" column in par2 tab next to that par2 set?
Have you tried manual unrar? (right click on par2 set)

[spartaniz]

Hi Rdl,

yes, i have a unrar.dll file in that misc folder. there is no unrar icon under the corresponding tab, and manual unrar works fine.

[Rdl]

Is there rar icon under unrar column in queue tab?
Are you sure you have auto unrar checked?

[spartaniz]

Yes, there is a rar icon in the que, and im 110% sure its checked! 

[spartaniz]

I got it to unrar again by downloading and replacing the dll with this one http://www.rarlab.com/rar/UnRARDLL.exe but it still leaves the empty folder after unraring!

[Rdl]

That doesn't make any sense. unrar.dll is restore EVERY time altbinz is restarted.

[gilly]

as usual I am late to the party but since I donated this has rarely worked for me. the free version still extracts and deletes the empty folders, the newer versions haven't deleted empty folders or has deleted some but not all..

I have it set to delete or move the non standard files associated with the nzb archives and the folders are indeed empty.

I am not complaining about it, not a huge deal to me but if there's a bug I would gladly give input where i can to help fix it.


cheers, have a great day all.