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Asked: 2016-06-24 06:06:20 +0800 CST

The -o parameter in aria2c can't rename the downloaded file

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aria2c -S  /home/se.torrent

Files:    
idx|path/length    
===+===========================================================================
1|./test.mkv        
 |283MiB (297,429,086)

---+---------------------------------------------------------------------------

I want to save the downloaded file as ok.mkv in /tmp. 

aria2c -d   /tmp  -o  ok.mkv    /home/se.torrent

The downloaded name can't be changed into /tmp/ok.mkv ,it is still
/tmp/test.mkv when the command executed. enter image description here

In manual of aria2c -h ,there is no strings such as:
NOTE: You cannot specify a file name for Metalink or BitTorrent downloads.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You are out of luck when attempting to rename .torrent files with aria2c, from the man pages:

     -o, --out=<FILE>
      The   file name of the downloaded file. When the
      --force-sequential option is used, this option is ignored.

      NOTE:
      You  cannot  specify  a  file name for Metalink or BitTorrent
      downloads.

    Note that this information is not contained in the help given with the command:

    aria2c -h

    but in the man pages that are read with the following:

    man aria2c

    With other types of files aria2c works very nicely and appropriately renames as directed:

    andrew@athens:~$ aria2c -d $HOME/test -o testing.jpg http://www.andrews-corner.org/images/fluxbox.jpg
[#3f8528 32KiB/417KiB(7%) CN:1 DL:87KiB ETA:4s]                                               
06/24 18:29:14 [NOTICE] Download complete: /home/andrew/test/testing.jpg

Download Results:
gid   |stat|avg speed  |path/URI
======+====+===========+=======================================================
3f8528|OK  |   312KiB/s|/home/andrew/test/testing.jpg

Status Legend:
(OK):download completed.

    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

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