can I populate the download_history without actualy downloading

[Alan Milewczyk]

On 07/09/16 23:18, Jon Davies wrote:
> On 6 September 2016 at 14:30, Dave Widgery <dave.widgery at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ... due to a disk crash I have had to rebuild my system.
> http://www.worldbackupday.com/en/
>
>
>> one problem I have is the download_history file is missing a lot of
>> entries of programs I have already downloaded.
> [...]
>> Is there a way to fool get_iplayer to add entries to the
>> download_history without actually downloading the program.
> you probably don't need to.  If get-iplayer tries to download a
> programme that already exists on disk, it won't download it again.
Only if it is in the original download folder - if you've moved it to 
another folder then it will download again. I would think most of us 
move programmes from the original download folder, especially if we're 
going to keep the programmes.

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