Feature request: Deleting a torrent's file

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.tomi
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Feature request: Deleting a torrent's file

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I think Deluge needs an option to delete files within a torrent. The are times when you want to get rid of one or more files within a torrent (that have been downloaded). Now you can only set a file to "Do not download", but Deluge keeps the file, and more importantly, still sees the downloaded parts, meaning that you have to stop the torrent, delete the file manually, and re-check the whole thing.
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Re: Feature request: Deleting a torrent's file

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http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Faq# ... wnload.Why

you shouldn't delete the partial files deluge creates if you intend on seeding that torrent.
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Re: Feature request: Deleting a torrent's file

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I know that one part can be used by two files.

I'll make an example of what I'm requsting for: let's say you have a 20GiB torrent with 4 5GiB files (it's not the best example, though) and 10GiB of free space. Now I'd want to download one file, then, let's say, burn it, and after that free the space for the next ones by deleting that file's parts that aren't used by files other than the one I'm deleting. The way Deluge is now, I'd have to change the file's priotiry to "Do not download", pause the torrent, delete a file manually, and recheck the parts like I couldn't just right-click a file and "Delete" it so Deluge would delete that file's parts and set it to "0% completed" as would every other client I used. ;) Or, at least mark it as "0%" when you change the priority to "Do not download".
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