Moving completed downloads to a different directory in aria2

By default, aria2 does not move completed downloads to a different directory than the one where downloads started. However, this behavior can be customized through the aria2 event hooks.

I used the on-download-complete event. A bash script can be specified in /home/she/.aria2/aria2.conf for this event as on line 15:

```
dir=/home/she/aria2/download
```
```
input-file=/home/she/.aria2/session
```
```
log=/home/she/.aria2/log
```
```
dht-listen-port=36801
```
```
listen-port=36801
```
```
max-overall-upload-limit=512K
```
```
max-upload-limit=0
```
```
seed-ratio=1.0
```
```
seed-time=60
```
```
enable-rpc=true
```
```
rpc-listen-all=false
```
```
rpc-listen-port=6800
```
```
rpc-secret=1234567890
```
```
log-level=notice
```

on-download-complete=/home/she/.aria2/mvcompleted.sh

```
max-overall-download-limit=0
```
```
max-download-limit=0
```
```
save-session=/home/she/.aria2/session
```

The bash script /home/she/.aria2/mvcompleted.sh reads:

```
#!/bin/sh
```
```
 
```
```
# $1 is gid.
```
```
# $2 is the number of files.
```
```
# $3 is the path of the first file.
```
```
 
```

DOWNLOAD=/home/she/aria2/download # no trailing slash!

COMPLETE=/home/she/aria2/complete # no trailing slash!

```
LOG=/home/she/.aria2/mvcompleted.log
```
```
SRC=$3
```
```
 
```
```
if [ "$2" == "0" ]; then
```

  echo `date` "INFO  no file to move for" "$1". >> "$LOG"

```
  exit 0
```
```
fi
```
```
 
```
```
while true; do
```
```
  DIR=`dirname "$SRC"`
```
```
  if [ "$DIR" == "$DOWNLOAD" ]; then
```

    echo `date` "INFO " "$3" moved as "$SRC". >> "$LOG"

    mv --backup=t "$SRC" "$COMPLETE" >> "$LOG" 2>&1

```
    exit $?
```

  elif [ "$DIR" == "/" -o "$DIR" == "." ]; then

    echo `date` ERROR "$3" not under "$DOWNLOAD". >> "$LOG"

```
    exit 1
```
```
  else
```
```
    SRC=$DIR
```
```
  fi
```
```
done
```

Note that on-download-complete is triggered for all types of downloads when completed, while there is also a on-bt-download-complete, which is triggered after downloading is completed but before seeding is completed for BitTorrent downloads.

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Moving completed downloads to a different directory in aria2

Moving completed downloads to a different directory in aria2

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