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Admittedly new to SAB. Running it on Ubuntu (Beelink Mini S12) in Docker, setup in Portainer. During setup I accidentally mixed up my my Incomplete and Complete folders. So currently my temp folder is going to /Media/Downloads/Complete and my completed are going to /Media/Downloads/Incomplete. When I try and change them to be in the correct locations I get the error "The Completed Download Folder cannot be the same or a subfolder of the Temporary Download Folder". Which is strange to me because I did not get this when setting up initially. I am essentially just wanting to swap them. I have even tried updating the locations in the sabnzbd. in file but they are still not changing. It is not the end of the world as Radarr/Sonarr is still reading them and putting them in correct locations but my OCD really wants SAB to have correct folders for Incomplete/Complete (and to avoid any potential issues in the future).

Any advice is greatly appreciated. FWIW I followed MrBuckwheet Plex server automation videos to a T, except for this one slip up. TYIA!!

This looks like a classic problem in programming:

A = certain value
B = another value
... how do you swap them?

Answer: via an intermediate variable:
C = A
A = B
B = C
Done!

So do the same for Temp and Complete:
Point Temp to /root/something/else
Point Complete to /Media/Downloads/Complete
Point Temp to /Media/Downloads/Incomplete.
Done!

Notes:
* only do this an empty queue
* docker ... bu should be doable within SABnzbd GUI setting.

So do the same for Temp and Complete:
Point Temp to /root/something/else
Point Complete to /Media/Downloads/Complete
Point Temp to /Media/Downloads/Incomplete.
Done!

So if I point temp to different/another folder and save, then go back and switch it to the correct folder and save again it should work?

yes.

And that "/root/something/else" stands for an existing but different directory. Don't take it literally.

sander wrote: ↑March 6th, 2025, 11:47 am yes.

And that "/root/something/else" stands for an existing but different directory. Don't take it literally.

Thank you - I will give that a shot tonight.

Worked like a charm, thanks!!