Opened 12 years ago
Last modified 5 years ago
#2084 reopened Bug
Creation of Downloads folder even when I dont use it
Reported by: | KipKurry | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | None Set |
Component: | Transmission | Version: | 1.61 |
Severity: | Minor | Keywords: | |
Cc: |
Description
By default Transmission downloads to "~/Downloads" however when you prefer and choose another folder to download, it will automatically create a new "~/Downloads" folder(eventhough it is completely useless). So every time I use Transmission I must delete that stupid "~/Downloads"-folder.
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by charles
- Resolution set to worksforme
- Status changed from new to closed
comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by fturco
- Resolution worksforme deleted
- Status changed from closed to reopened
I have the same problem as the person who reported this bug. Transmission keeps creating a ~/Downloads directory (please notice the letter "s" at the end) even if in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs I have:
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Download"
Please notice there's no "s" at the end of it. That's because in my native language we don't add an "s" at the end of plural words.
Then I noticed I had the following options in ~/.config/transmission/settings.json:
"incomplete-dir": "/home/fturco/Downloads", "watch-dir": "/home/fturco/Downloads",
I changed the corresponding settings in the GUI and now I hope the problem won't reappear. Anyway Transmission should have parsed my XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR variable and not blindly assumed I like its default settings.
I'm using Transmission 2.84 GTK+ on a Parabola GNU/Linux-libre system.
comment:3 Changed 5 years ago by mike.dld
Related to #5922.
This is true and intentional in the default case, since having a default download folder that doesn't necessarily exist would cause a lot of problems and confusion.
However, I'm not able to reproduce the described behavior "when you prefer and choose another folder to download, it will automatically create a new "~/Downloads" folder".
Here's how I tested.
Session 1:
Session 2:
Session 3.
tl;dr: change the default paths in either Edit>Preferences, or in the desktop-wide XDG settings.