[GH-ISSUE #1] Downloading files are moved to new folder which cause downloading to fail #1

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opened 2026-06-06 12:07:35 +00:00 by thisisjaymehta · 2 comments

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2026-06-06 12:07:35 +00:00

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Originally created by @thisisjaymehta on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/thisisjaymehta/python-automatic-file-organization/issues/1

Originally assigned to: @thisisjaymehta on GitHub.

The code moves new files as soon as they are created.
This creates an issue when a browser is downloading a file to that folder, script will move the file as soon as download starts and so in browser download will fail.
Need a mechanism to check if file is currently in use by some other process before moving.

Originally created by @thisisjaymehta on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/thisisjaymehta/python-automatic-file-organization/issues/1 Originally assigned to: @thisisjaymehta on GitHub. The code moves new files as soon as they are created. This creates an issue when a browser is downloading a file to that folder, script will move the file as soon as download starts and so in browser download will fail. Need a mechanism to check if file is currently in use by some other process before moving.

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2026-06-06 12:07:35 +00:00

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thisisjaymehta commented

2026-06-06 12:07:36 +00:00

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@khushit-shah commented on GitHub (Aug 14, 2020):

get the last modified time of the file. If the file was not modified for a certain amount of time(i.e. minute) organize it.
checkout os.stat(FILE_PATH).st_mtime

@khushit-shah commented on GitHub (Aug 14, 2020): get the last modified time of the file. If the file was not modified for a certain amount of time(i.e. minute) organize it. checkout `os.stat(FILE_PATH).st_mtime`

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@thisisjaymehta commented on GitHub (Aug 16, 2020):

Found another way where you can add extensions that you want to skip, to the extension list under SKIP key.
Thanks for the help.

@thisisjaymehta commented on GitHub (Aug 16, 2020): Found another way where you can add extensions that you want to skip, to the extension list under `SKIP` key. Thanks for the help.