Copy/Move/Save completed files only

[lostpilot99]

this idea came to me as I have noted some large torrents are collections of things such as documents and a few collections in my que I noticed under last seen complete= never and and is likely never to complete after nearly year trying. so now I need to sort the complete from incomplete in 1 case 98 % done 3500 small files i'd like to keep the completed parts and maybe seed the revised collection
I really just dont want pre-corrupted crap sucking up hd space

If this as already doable How??
if i missed a similar request point me at it I'll move my post
I hope others can see the wisdom of in suggestion if you like the idea reply to show your support

thanks for your time

[slrslr]

It may work to uncheck parent folder and then sort by progress % column and check 100% ones. (i am not 100% sure what will happen with the files, i do not think qbt would delete it immediately).
Or opposite way check folder and uncheck incomplete.

You can also enable option where qbt suffix incomplete files by .!qB extension. Then after restart/recheck etc. once it rename files, use search tool to delete these and move away rest, delete torrent (else it will re-download incomplete files)

[lostpilot99]

I did the parent folder thing to many sub-folders. the extention option might work some of the files that get renamed will destroyed as I am the one with largest % completed and will file to re download but I can make copies before attempting
where is that option found?

thanks

[slrslr]

where is that option found?

Settings, Downloading tab (i have non-english version, so i do not know the correct names. Lookup for .!qB
I had some issue with this option, do not remember which, so i am not using it and having incomplete files in special dir. (which i do not share using other P2P apps) and moving complete to another.

[lostpilot99]

mine is similar setup that was my incomplete folder
well you helped clean up a mess 5000 files 500 dir.s 230gb removed
wonder if I lost anything Important :) I'll make a list of the !qbs
thanks

notes to anyone who follows suit

I paused all torrents
copied entire incomplete folder (just in case)
changed option to add !qb suffix
copied that elsewhere
used voidtools everything to find !qb's delete them
and (RED) remove empty dirs by jonasjohn.de to kill extra folders
leaving me with 3 folders a clean complete folder, backup incomplete folder and and incomplete with !qbs still attatched to qbit
if uncheck the option and qbit unrenames everything qbit should un pause as if i did nothing today in case anything in my que actually finishes

[slrslr]

Congrats. for freeing the disk space. It is not easy to do it as you describe it. Can be handy if there are some extended options on Files tab of the torrent which would make the task much easier on background. I can imagine mouse right click menu would offer "Disable download of incomplete files and delete these". But then you may want to leave 99% ones because these are use-able...
Maybe qbt could offer some filtering field which would allow marking all files that are less than user defined % complete and do some action with such marked files, like disabling its download, decreasing priority etc. that would be for a new feature request.

[lostpilot99]

I already use the tools everything and RED so it was simple enough, not for a novice to torrents but file management comes to us all.
this maybe my first post here I compliment you and the community well done you answered a question I didnt know how to ask
thanks again