Downloads-Organizer

Organizes your download folder based on their type and extensions.

If there is a file with unspecified extension, Downloads-Organizer will automatically create a new sub folder for the extension under Others. All future files with same extension will be saved under the same folder.

• Documents
• Text Files
• Pictures
• Music
• Videos
• Compressed
• Programs
• Others
  • Other extension folders
  • files without extensions
• Folders
  • All folders

Usage

Set the environment variable SORT_FOLDER_DESTINATION to download destination folder and SORT_FOLDER_SLEEP_MINUTES=720 to set sleep minutes to check download folder again in your operating system and run the executable file from releases or compile with go build main.go

Instructions to run the executables from releases

• Windows

  • Make sure you have set environment variables as shown above in USAGE
  • Open file expolorer and navigate to %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
  • paste the downloaded file in this folder
  • now Downloads-Organizer will start automatically on every boot

• Linux

  • Type sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/downloads-organizer.service
  • Paste following content in the file. Replace <path-to-your-downloaded-file>

    [Unit]
    Description=Sorts the downloads folder
    
    [Service]
    ExecStart=<path-to-your-downloaded-file>
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    

  • Type sudo systemctl edit downloads-organizer.service
  • Paste following content in the file. Replace <path-to-your-download-folder>

    [Service]
     Environment="SORT_FOLDER_DESTINATION=<path-to-your-download-folder>"
     Environment="SORT_FOLDER_SLEEP_MINUTES=720"
    

  • Run sudo systemctl enable downloads-organizer.service
  • Then sudo systemctl start downloads-organizer.service
  • To verify if the downloads organizer is runnung
    • Run sudo systemctl status downloads-organizer.service
    • It will show Active as seen below

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If your finding difficulty in setting up feel free to create an issue

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