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Throw away incomplete downloads from a download manager

Posted:
Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:01 pm
by Jasperhound
I use Speed Download for (nearly) all my downloads. It downloads to its own folder and sorts the files into sub-folders according to type (applications, documents etc.). There are times when the download is incomplete. I would like to have Hazel throw those partial downloads away after a certain time. At present however that option is greyed out as the folder is not the 'standard' download location. Is there a work-around? If not, could this facility be added to a future release?

Posted:
Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:45 pm
by Mr_Noodle
I'll have to take a look at it and see. Not all applications give external cues as to whether it has finished downloading but I'll see what I can dig up.
Thanks.

Posted:
Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:07 pm
by Jasperhound
In the case of Speed Download, incomplete downloads are given the extension .partial. Hope this helps.

Posted:
Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:38 am
by Mr_Noodle
That helps. Not sure when it will get in but it's in the feature db now.
In the meantime, you can write a rule yourself that does it. You would do something like "Extension is 'partial' and Date Added is not in the last X days -> Move file to Trash".