thechiefmeat/downloads-organizer

A small script to organize your downloads folder.

This is a script to organize the files in your downloads folder into subfolders like IMAGES, AUDIO, VIDEO, EBOOKS, etc.

To use this script:

1. Make sure you are running Python version later than 3.5.
2. Clone this repository.
3. cd downloads-organizer
4. cd downloadsorganizer
5. python main_script.py

Notes:

• This has been tested:
  • Kubuntu 20.04.1
  • Windows 10
• Use the path.config file to specify where your download folder is.
• Use the dictionary.txt file to add/remove files to the filter.
• The filter will continue to run in the background, use a cronjob or similar to run at startup for constant file sorting.
• Known Issues:
  • Download paths with spaces in them don't work for now.
  • Download Organizer will continue to monitor sub-folders, so clean up any sub-folders so you don't run into the below issue.
  • Linux users will run into a inotify limit if the downloads folder has more files than inotify allows. To check your inotify limit run:

cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

• To modify your max_user_watches run:

echo 16384 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

• The above issue only happens once you go over max_user_watches(usually 8192 files).

Feedback or suggestions welcome!