• As there seems to be demand for it, there is a new feature to optionally only sort episodes that have a matching show directory in the destination directory. This makes it easy to sort from one incoming directory, out to multiple directories.
  
  --require-show-directories-already-exist:[TRUE|FALSE]
  
  Only sort into show directories that already exist
  This may be helpful if you have multiple destination directories. Just set up all the other details in the conf file,
  and specify the destination directory when invoking the script. Only episodes that match existing directories in the destination will be moved.
  If this is false, then new directories are created for shows that dont have a directory.
  TRUE/FALSE
  If not specified, FALSE
  
• When recursively sorting contents of directories with a non-episode directory specified, non-episode files are now named after where they were sorted from. For example
  "My Show s1e2/read this.txt"
  would be moved to
  Non-episode-directory/"My Show s1e2-read this.txt"
  
  
• Also included are some output clean ups, and some bug fixes.
  

mwkurt Wrote:Is there any way to get this to work with more than one directory that TV Shows are stored in?

lompelurt Wrote:Thanks for the noob guide Cliffe, but I get an error when i type in the perl sorttv.pl command.

DBM: Deep : Cannot sysopen file '/.tvdb' : Permission denied

Any Idea what i am doing wrong?

CoinTos Wrote:Hey cliffe,

Just tested your latest script and it keeps getting better and better, even sent a $10'er as a thank you.

Still have a small problem with the ep look up and I was wondering since I use the Sort To folder as a samba share if there was a way to add force windows illegal character filtering. I tried it myself with CSI: Crime Scene Investigators but it failed to look up the ep title cause I removed the : (I believe). It also failed with Shit My Father Says. So I wonder if there is a way to add tvdb id support to show name subsitution. So it can still find the ep details even if the directory you want is slightly different.

Keep up the great scripting.

Thanks again.

cliffe Wrote:That is coming from within the TVDB API module. Is there any more info? Are any other Windows users seeing this error message?

newphreak Wrote:Cleaning old symlinks doesnt work. it doesnt remove symlinks of things that doesnt excist in source folder. Also it would be cool if it removed the entire show/season folders if stuff were completly gone from source folder.
thx in advance.

Targettio Wrote:I am getting the same error (SortTV 1.8, Windows 7 64bit, Strawberry Perl 5.12.1.0 64bit)

cliffe Wrote:Version 1.9 is now available.

Hopefully this update fixes the problem by storing the tv cache db with the script. I am relying on you guys to test this for me, thanks

Quote:DBM:eep: Cannot sysopen file '/.tvdb' : Permission denied

mwkurt Wrote:Cliffe,

Hello again, I noticed that you made an option to sort into multiple directories. Unless I am mistaken though, I would have to change the "directory to sort to" every time I run the script? What if I have downloaded multiple shows that are to be put into different directories and the script is run? What happens? Are new directories made in the directory that the script says to sort to, even though those directories may be on another hard drive? I just don't see how this script, as it is, is a hands-off way of running a server with multiple hard drives for storage. If there was an option to enter every storage location that is on one's sever, and have the script then decide where the proper directory to store whatever show is being moved, then it would be perfect. As it is now though, I still can't use it as I need a completely hands off solution for renaming and moving TV Shows.

Thanks,
Mark

CoinTos Wrote:Hey cliffe,

I am still having a problem with ep retrieval for Shit My Dad Says, I tried a sub for it S#*! My Dad says but it fails before it even gets the ep lookup.

Forced Windows (my mod):
Sorting /home/deluge/unsorted/tv_shows/ into /raid/Media/TV_Shows/
INFO: making show directory: /raid/Media/TV_Shows/$##! My Dad Says
INFO: making show directory: /raid/Media/TV_Shows/$##! My Dad Says
WARN: Could not create show dir: /raid/Media/TV_Shows/$##! My Dad Says:File exists

Linux Detect:
10:20:1, 24-9-2010
Sorting /home/deluge/unsorted/tv_shows/ into /raid/Media/TV_Shows/
INFO: making show directory: /raid/Media/TV_Shows/$#*! My Dad Says
INFO: making show directory: /raid/Media/TV_Shows/$#*! My Dad Says
WARN: Could not create show dir: /raid/Media/TV_Shows/$#*! My Dad Says:File exists

It does create the directory both times then dies.

Note: My mod for forced windows is, change all other illegal characters to # except : which will become - and finally, strip those pesky question marks.

CoinTos Wrote:Edit: Just a feature thought, rss downloaders like the one I use (Flexget) will automatically download proper/repacks of the same eps when one is detect. Can you please add support to overwrite the same eps (if detected) when detecting a proper/repack in the sort folder? Thanks again.