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anime-dl / anime-downloader

A simple but powerful anime downloader and streamer.
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I've edited the external_download function #725

Open Alsira opened 2 years ago

Alsira commented 2 years ago

Hello, I've modified a bit of the external downloader code so it can handle some simple errors so far. It works as normal and everything. It should recover on linux if aria2c needs root access to do some I/O and even create directories now.

Thanks for this awesome repo though. 😁😁

nate-moo commented 2 years ago

I don't believe that running shit as root is in the best interest of the end user as that could potentially brick or cause a malfunction in the system, especially if the user isn't particularly adept at computers.

For example aria could overwrite an essential file if the user is trying to download to a restricted directory.

ArjixWasTaken commented 2 years ago

I don't believe that running shit as root is in the best interest of the end user as that could potentially brick or cause a malfunction in the system, especially if the user isn't particularly adept at computers.

For example aria could overwrite an essential file if the user is trying to download to a restricted directory.

You think a linux user wouldn't be adept at computers?

nate-moo commented 2 years ago

I don't believe that running shit as root is in the best interest of the end user as that could potentially brick or cause a malfunction in the system, especially if the user isn't particularly adept at computers. For example aria could overwrite an essential file if the user is trying to download to a restricted directory.

You think a linux user wouldn't be adept at computers?

yes, some might. Don't underestimate the power of the human brain, and plus installing linux is much easier now as it can basically just be 8 1/2 clicks and you're installed