no failed download max attempts?

[GoogleCodeExporter]

RSSDLer 0.4.0 failed to fetch a torrent from a Feed some time ago, and now
i get <failed-torrent-name>.html files in my download directory every now
and then, if i delete them, they come back some time later.

Had to delete savedstate.dat to make it stop.

I assume it keeps trying do download the torrent from the feed, however the
torrent is not listed on the feed anymore (only 20 items or so on the feed). 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by filip.bj...@gmail.com on 17 Sep 2008 at 4:32

[GoogleCodeExporter]

You are absolutely right that this should be possible. I will work on it sooner
rather than later. It stores failed downloads in the session file. It then 
attempts
to redownload them at some regular interval. You can see what is there with 
rssdler
--list-failed. You can remove all of them with rssdler --purge-failed. Having a 
way
to give up after X attempts does make much sense though.

Original comment by lostnihi...@gmail.com on 19 Sep 2008 at 4:11

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
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[GoogleCodeExporter]

oh, didn't know you could purge manually, my bad.

It's not that bad then, as i deleted the session file altogether.

Original comment by filip.bj...@gmail.com on 19 Sep 2008 at 11:22

[GoogleCodeExporter]

thanks for the purge command, that helps a lot!!

regarding automatic cleanup, give up after specified interval (1day by default?)
looks more desirable than "give up after X attempts", because some people run 
the
program 10 times an hour, others just once or twice a day.

Original comment by lenik.terenin on 11 Mar 2010 at 10:17