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Hey, I am wondering if it's possible to symlink a folder and subfolders as well and not only the individual video files.

My set up is D:\Media\TV Shows but when my drive gets full, I move over completed seasons/shows to another HDD, F:\Media\TV Shows
Before today I was using Libraries on Windows to have quick access to both directories and XBMC handled it as one location as well. I just realized I could use symbolic links to have all my completed shows/seasons appear in my D:\Media\TV Shows\ directory.

Now to get to my problem.

FileBot is symlinking the files and not the folders (Show, Season) so when a new episode is added (via Sabnzbd and AMC script) it sends it to D:Media\TV Shows as a non-symlinked file, thus having some episodes of the season/show on separate drives. By having the folder and subfolders symlinked, this problem is avoided and the episodes go the respective drives and respect the symlink rules.

Sorry for the wall of text. If this can't be done, I suppose I'll have to change my post-processing. Currerntly I have FileBot doing all renaming, moving and cleanup. A backup plan would be to have something else manage the moving part, perhaps Sab.

Thanks and keep up the great work with this great app!

I neither understand the problem nor your idea of a solution.

Would --action keeplink be more what u want? Or would it help if the file symlink would be relative?

rednoah wrote:I neither understand the problem nor your idea of a solution.

Would --action keeplink be more what u want? Or would it help if the file symlink would be relative?

I figured it would be hard to understand, my bad. I should first mention that this was not a big problem, but only a minor detail. I just wanted to know if I could symlink Folders and Subfolders instead of only the video files in those folders.
Filebot's symlink feature disregards my episode naming format which is D:\Media\TV Shows\{n} {y}\{"Season $s"}\{n} - {sxe} - {t}
So every time I rename a file, it moves it to that directory instead of renaming it wherever it was stored, and then moving it manually. The symlink only symlinks the files inside but not the folder {n} {y}\{"Season $s"} portion.

If you symlink using CMD or 3rd party software in Windows, you can symlink the folder all the content inside it including subfolders and files.

Again, sorry for this seemingly unimportant problem. I've gotten around it by renaming it and then symlinking it outside of FileBot. I just want to save a step basically. Hopefully it's a bit more clear now. Thanks again!