Partial Files (BitTorrent Sync)

I'm trying to setup hazel to auto-extract files added with bit-torrent sync.

However i'm just curious, if I add a hazel rule to the folder that is syncing. If the sync is partially complete, I obviously don't want that folder/file to be accounted for until complete.

Is there a way to do this with hazel?

Not familiar with the software in question but does it have the option to move the completed files elsewhere? If so, have Hazel monitor that folder instead.

Unfortunately not, no. I'd thought of perhaps doing it on the modified date of the folder, but i'm not sure that'd work.

It might not. With most downloading programs, it is fairly continuous but with BitTorrent, there can be long gaps where it's not downloading anything. I suggest making a feature request to the BitTorrent Sync devs for a feature like this. Most regular BitTorrent client have it.

It's not actually a torrent client, it's pretty much a roll-your-own dropbox. I.e. files get synced between machines/servers.

I mean, I presume people would have this issue if using Dropbox with hazel? Dropbox would add files and hazel may move partially complete ones?

How do people get around that?

In those cases you can do a "Date modified is not in the last 5 minutes" or somesuch. Dropbox tends to do a constant flow and usually doesn't have the gaps that you get with BT.

Mr_Noodle wrote:In those cases you can do a "Date modified is not in the last 5 minutes" or somesuch. Dropbox tends to do a constant flow and usually doesn't have the gaps that you get with BT.

I tried that, and works fine for Files, however it would appear OSX doesn't update the date-modified of folders when files inside are modified via command line or other non-gui utility.

I'm stuck now.

Check out the rule from this thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1593#p6500

It shows how to detect changes if a file is modified or any of the files underneath it all, by using a nested condition. You can adapt that to your needs in this case.