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download to existing folder truncates directory names...

Postby cgardude » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:45 pm

When I right click 'download to existing folder', the directory names under my newsbin download folder are truncated (always at a '.'). This means many folders with the same name: a.b, a.b, a.b, a.b.sounds, a.b.sounds, ...

For example, the folder H:\Downloads\NewsBin\a.b.sounds.mp3.complete_cd, is displayed as a.b.sounds.mp3; if I select the short name it returns the incorrect truncated name into the directory selection box.
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Re: download to existing folder truncates directory names...

Postby cgardude » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:46 pm

BTW: 6.50.b12 and I have not seen this behavior before.
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Re: download to existing folder truncates directory names...

Postby DThor » Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:15 pm

Hmm, that shouldn't happen. I just tested that group with the download setting:

C:\Users\me\Downloads\$(GROUP)\

and the results were put in:

C:\Users\me\Downloads\a.b.sounds.mp3.complete_cd\

Is your download path similar to mine? Try just doing downloads from one group at a time. If you inadvertently used $(GOG), that will stuff all the results from all the groups that are in that custom group of groups(GOG) to the same locale.

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Re: download to existing folder truncates directory names...

Postby Quade » Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:42 pm

Where do you see it truncated, in the download list or in the folder picker itself?
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Re: download to existing folder truncates directory names...

Postby DThor » Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:08 pm

Hmm, I misunderstood you. I did try downloading to existing folder with the group you mentioned and it worked fine, both the old and new style folder picker. Win 7 here - any chance you're on XP?

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Re: download to existing folder truncates directory names...

Postby cgardude » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:03 am

My bad. Several restarts of newsbin did not resolve the issue, but a reboot did. Thx
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