Folder Setup

SABnzbd uses a number of folders for different purposes. Some are just for internal administration.
Given that some folders can become very large, you may want to relocate them.

The following table explains the purpose of each folder, its default location and its keyword in the INI file. All folders can be changed through the Web-GUI also.
The expression %userprofile% is for Windows: your personal folder under "c:\Documents and Settings" (for Vista, these names are different).
For Unix ~ means your home folder.

NOTE for experienced users:
All relative paths you set in the INI file, will be relative to the location of the INI file.

	SABnzbd.ini
Windows	%userprofile%\local settings\application data\SABnzbd.ini
Unix	~/.sabnzbd/SABnzbd.ini
	download_dir
Windows	%userprofile%\My Documents\downloads\incomplete
Unix	~/.sabnzbd/downloads/incomplete
	Here SABnzbd collects the data for each download and error correction (par2) is done. When complete, the data is moved to the "complete_dir". There should be enough space to contain the largest complete job + 10% for error correction data.
	complete_dir
Windows	%userprofile%\My Documents\downloads\complete
Unix	~/downloads/complete
	Here all completed download jobs are stored. Each job is placed in a separate folder, named after the NZB file that started it. You want to put this on a volume with plenty of room.
	dirscan_dir
Windows	%userprofile%\My Documents\nzb
Unix	~/nzb
	Any NZB file you store in this folder will be picked up by SABnzbd and will start a download job. When the job is in the queue, the NZB file will be removed.
	log_dir
Windows	%userprofile%\local settings\application data\log_dir
Unix	~/.sabnzbd/log_dir
	Here SABnzbd's logging is stored. Altough only needed for troubleshooting, you must have this folder. Growth of this folder is normally limited to 5 MB.
	nzb_backup_dir
Windows	%userprofile%\local settings\application data\nzb
Unix	~/.sabnzbd/nzb
	Here all processed NZB files are stored. You may need them again, should a download fail. This folder will keep growing. If you don't specify a folder, the NZB files will not be saved.
	cache_dir
Windows	%userprofile%\local settings\application data\cache
Unix	~/.sabnzbd/cache
	Used for the internal administration of the job-queue and history
	web_dir
Windows	<SABnzbd-program-dir>\interfaces\Default
Unix	<SABnzbd-program-dir>/interfaces/Default
	Location of the HTML templates of SABnzbd, defining the look of SABnzbd's web interface. You may add alternative interfaces here as long as they follow the structure of Default. So the main page of a new interface would actually be <SABnzbd-program-dir>/interfaces/MyThing/templates/main.tmpl