Ticket #340 (closed enhancement: fixed)

Opened 1 year ago

Last modified 9 months ago

renaming scheme *flatsubdirs*

Reported by: stueckl Assigned to:
Priority: minor Milestone: 1.1
Component: User Interface Version: 1.0b2
Keywords: *subdirs* renaming Cc:
Operating System: All

Description

There should be something like *flatsubdirs* in renaming schemes.
*subdirs* my.gallery.com/user/pics/01/... -> user/pics/01/...
*flatsubdirs* my.gallery.com/user/pics -> user_pics_01_...

In dTA 1.0 the *subdirs* renaming scheme works as I intended it to work on first use in dTA 0.9. But meanwhile I found out that the bogus renaming in dTA 0.9 (alike my suggestion for *flatsubdirs*) had some positive aspects too.
e.g. downloading a huge image gallery - it's just convenient to have the images with a unique name within a single directory.

Change History

2007-09-15 21:44:49 changed by MaierMan

*** Ticket #320 marked duplicate of this one ***

2008-02-29 23:52:36 changed by MaierMan

*** Ticket #518 marked duplicate of this one ***

2008-03-01 00:51:46 changed by MaierMan

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.
  • milestone set to 1.1.

Implemented as *flatsubdirs* in [815]

(follow-up: ↓ 7 ) 2008-03-01 08:43:34 changed by mdeen

I just want to point you out the behaviour according to the help file: <http://www.downthemall.net/howto/help/english-menu/renaming-mask/> *url*\*subdirs*\*name*.*ext* C:\Downloads\yoursite.com\dir1\dir2\myfile.txt *url*\*subdirs*-*name*.*ext* C:\Downloads\yoursite.com\dir1-dir2-myfile.txt

IMHO there is no need to add something like "flatsubdirs" because you signal that by adding \ or -. The separator (\ or -) can even be filled in with something else like = to get: *url*\*subdirs*=*name*.*ext* C:\Downloads\yoursite.com\dir1=dir2=myfile.txt

I really don't see why this wasn't the perfect solution. You don't even need to program it differently for different separators as the path to save will automatically be created.

(follow-up: ↓ 6 ) 2008-03-01 10:54:06 changed by BigRedBrent

I can not wait to use *flatcurl*, I hope the next version with this option is released soon. I wonder why it was not included in the 1.0 release?

(in reply to: ↑ 5 ) 2008-03-01 12:39:11 changed by MaierMan

Replying to BigRedBrent:

I wonder why it was not included in the 1.0 release?

This is simple to answer.

  • Because we develop dTa in our spare time, don't get paid for it (expect for some occasional, much appreciated donations), and still have to pay our bills.
  • Therefore we have to prioritize what we implement and fix and when we do it.

To try new features already there are always the NightlyBuilds.

(in reply to: ↑ 4 ) 2008-03-06 14:23:17 changed by belial616

Replying to mdeen:

IMHO there is no need to add something like "flatsubdirs" because you signal that by adding \ or -. The separator (\ or -) can even be filled in with something else like = to get: *url*\*subdirs*=*name*.*ext* C:\Downloads\yoursite.com\dir1=dir2=myfile.txt

The renaming function does not work as described in the help file. When downloading files using the exact same renaming mask as in the help file, Downthemall still creates folders based on the separators in the downloaded file's url.