mega-get redownloads already existing files

Question

mega-get redownloads already existing files

carfesh opened this issue 5 months ago · 3 comments

carfesh commented 5 months ago

MEGAcmd version

1.7.0

Operating System/Platform

Windows

Platform version. In the case of Linux, please enter the Linux distribution you are using.

Windows 11 Pro

Steps

Download a folder from mega to the local computer. Run the download again later to sync changes.

Expected behavior

Existing files should be skipped.

Actual behavior

Files are downloaded again, with a (1) placed before the file extension.

Answer 1 · 2024-08-14T06:53:19.000Z

Hi! This is the expected behavior of mega-get. To automatically apply cloud changes to your local files (without re-downloading if there are no changes), use the sync command.

Answer 2 · 2024-08-14T08:45:56.000Z

For the sync command I would have to be the owner of the account, which I'm not. So there's no way to achieve that?

Answer 3 · 2024-08-14T10:23:58.000Z

Not directly, AFAIK.

If the link you're downloading from is an exported folder, you could try logging-in directly to it. To do so, log out first, and then do mega-login https://mega.nz/folder/.... You should now have read-only access to the folder, allowing you to run most commands like ls, cat, etc.; and (if I remember correctly), also sync.