Clean up script moves files but leaves empty folders behind

[serafin]

I'm trying to get the post-processing scripts (e.g. [1], [2]) to work to move downloaded torrents into a new directory. The downloaded torrents are typically directories with files in them. The script triggers and runs, and the files within those torrent directories are moved, but the parent directories are not deleted. I've tried

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transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --move $MOVEDIR
transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --remove-and-delete

as well as

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transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --move $MOVEDIR
transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --remove

Neither of which work. The symptom seems to be the same as described in viewtopic.php?f=2&p=53606, which looks similarly unresolved. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

SG

[1] https://gist.github.com/bulljit/791609
[2] http://www.ercoppa.org/BASH-Transmissio ... cation.htm

[Astara]

Can you run your own script after the torrent is downloaded?

in that script, you can 'cd' to the download dir and use
a find command to get rid of empty dirs:

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find . -type d -empty -delete

[serafin]

Thanks @Astara -- yes I can run my own script. I'm just trying to figure out whether what I'm seeing (left over empty directories) is expected behavior from Transmission, or whether I might have something misconfigured.

SG

[rb07]

I'm just trying to figure out whether what I'm seeing (left over empty directories) is expected behavior from Transmission

No, but it happens if something extra was added to the directory... which is normal if you have (multi-media) "indexing" which creates Thumbs.db, @eaDir, or any other (probably invisible to regular browsing) file or directory.