Post processing script howto?

[ferno]

Hi,

I have been looking for info on how to write a post processing script but cant find anything.
Is there such a thing as an howto about this feature?

I have a bash script now that just loops and looks in the completed dir for series to copy to my NAS but it would be much nicer to use it as a post processing script.
I just do not know how, things like How is the info of the downloaded file passed to the script etc. are not clear to me.

[ferno]

THanx,
I searched for that page but did not find it. 

[shypike]

The SABnzbd distribution comes with a sample script called Sample-PostProc.sh
It is a trivial script, but it does tell you what the parameters do.

Of course we do not provide a script writing course. There's plenty of material
available on the Web on Unix scripting.

[ferno]

Of course we do not provide a script writing course. There's plenty of material
available on the Web on Unix scripting.

No need for that, indeed plenty examples on the net and I can manage quite well when it comes to a  Unix shell script (I even had one created which works preatty well already).
I just wanted to know how SABNZBD handles the output and input as well as the interaction with the script, It was silly of me not to think of the obvious $1, $2 etc. (or %1 etc. in dos scripts).

[ferno]

Hi,

I kind of miss one variable her that would be nice to implement in the next version if possible.
The final unpacked files.

Like if you download a csi.01.02.nzb that after paring unraring etc. produces a csi.bla.bla.01.02.mkv it would be nice to have a $7 that shows csi.bla.bla.01.02.mkv when you do echo $7.

Maybe something for next release?

[shypike]

This would work only for single file downloads, you'd be surprised how may jobs unpack dozens of files.
What's the use anyway? You already get the folder path, so $7 would contain the list
of files in that folder. It's not particularly difficult to get that list yourself.

[ferno]

This would work only for single file downloads, you'd be surprised how may jobs unpack dozens of files.
What's the use anyway? You already get the folder path, so $7 would contain the list
of files in that folder. It's not particularly difficult to get that list yourself.

Hmm,


Guess so,

I am creating a script to copy the downloaded series to my NAS.
And using the file string I could use that.
But like you say I can also just do the mv *.* from the directory printed in the $1

[shypike]

I'd use '*' and not '*.*'