Don't Reprocess Files

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Don't Reprocess Files Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:38 am • by AustinMatherne
I'm trying to automatically open all video files I download with Transmission with a program called VideoDrive.

Right now I have Transmission set to move completed downloads to a folder called "Torrents" in my home folder. I need Hazel to search through the sub folders of that folder, and open all video files with VideoDrive, which I'm pretty sure I have figured out. What I'm not sure how to do is get Hazel to ignore files that have already been run through Hazel and opened with VideoDrive.

Any ideas?
Also, will this automatically run when a torrent finishes and its contents are moved to the torrents folder?

Right now on the Torrents folder I'm running two rules, the first is:

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And the second is:

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Thanks,
~ Austin
~ Austin
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Re: Don't Reprocess Files Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:51 pm • by Mr_Noodle
Normally, Hazel won't keep executing the actions on a file if it keeps matching the same rule so not sure what is going on there. But, it's usually more robust if you specify something like "Date added is after date last matched" which should only match the first time the file appears in that folder. Give that a shot.
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