Working on my first script

[Grassy]

Hi guys,

I have been looking for a while for something to automate my media server a little better and I have just come across this tool, it looks amazing!

I have a few questions I couldn't find by looking at the AMC overview and other links on that page.

what does the non-strict argument do? '-action copy -non-strict'

Do I still need to specify '--output' when using '--def movieFormat' etc?

Is there anyway to run this as a service or should I just schedule a task and select 'Run whether a user is logged on or not'?

Would anyone be able to take a look at this code I put together reading a few things tonight:

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filebot -script fn:amc /D:\Temp --output /E: --def movieFormat="E:/Movies/{ny}/{fn}" 

seriesFormat="E:/TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{fn}" animeFormat="E:/Animated TV Shows/

{n}/Season {s}/{fn}" --action copy -non-strict --log-file amc.log --def 

excludeList=amc.txt

Thanks heaps!

[rednoah]

1.
-non-strict enables non-strict processing which means FileBot will do it's best to guess things. If you don't set the -non-strict flag it'll probably refuse to process certain ambiguous / badly named files. Run a few tests and look at what the output says.

2.
--output is required and the amc script will throw an error if you don't specify a valid folder.

3.
Since when do Windows paths start with / before the drive letter?


Open CMD and run your filebot call (e.g. with --action test). 2 & 3 should give you errors right away. It's MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to run some tests before you copy your command into your scheduler.


PS: I recommend keeping everything on the same filesystem (i.e. drive) so you can use --action hardlink.

[Grassy]

Thanks for your reply.

I will carry out a test run and see what happens, Would you be able to let me know why i still need to use the "output" parameter if i an using the '--def movieformat' etc?

Edit: What does '--action hardlink' do?

[rednoah]

1.
--output is used internally for various reasons so you must pass a valid --output folder. Not passing --output is the same as passing --output . so you better know what you're doing if you don't explicitly set the --output folder.

It'll also make your command-line call more clean:

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--output "E:" --def movieFormat="Movies/{ny}/{fn}" seriesFormat="TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{fn}" ...

2.
--action hardlink means that FileBot will create hardlinks so you can have the same file multiple times in different folders with different names without taking up extra disk space.

@see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link

[Grassy]

Thanks for your reply, I have done some tests and it works awesome!

I have changed the script slightly to use the 'move' command and also got it to clean up the files after!

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filebot.launcher.exe -script fn:amc D:\Temp --output E: --def movieFormat="E:/Movies/{ny}/{fn}" seriesFormat="E:/TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{fn}" animeFormat="E:/Animated TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{fn}" --action move -non-strict --def deleteAfterExtract=y --def clean=y --log-file amc.log --def excludeList=amc.txt

Edit: I just re-read your reply, I am going to change the other paths to just be the working DIR since i don't need the drive letter again once specifying it using the '--output' command!

Cheers!

[Grassy]

Hey,

Do i need to use '--def excludeList=amc.txt' if i am cleaning the folder using '--def deleteAfterExtract=y --def clean=y' as filebot will not be processing the same files over and over again?

Also can i specify a directory for this parameter '--log-file amc.log' i.e. '--log-file C:\Path\Goes\here\amc.log', can I do the same with '--def excludeList=amc.txt'?

Edit: I have noticed that the log file is growing quite fast... Do I need to keep a log if everything is working fine?

Thanks

[rednoah]

1.
Yes, you should do --def excludeList=amc.txt just in case you're messing up somewhere (e.g. by assuming that all files will always be moved, which is an incorrect assumption).

2.
Yes, you can specify absolute paths, but wouldn't just trying it be faster than asking?

3.
Yes, you need the log because you need them after the fact if something strange has happened (again, you're assuming that everything will always be fine, which is an incorrect assumption).

Any single file you rename with FileBot is probably larger than all the logs it'll ever write in your lifetime... "the log file is growing quite fast" is a really bad argument for not keeping logs.

[Grassy]

Haha, so very true! I am going to change the paths of the log file and exclude list just to make myself happy... and pretend I didn't just ask silly questions (it's really late )