The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/341255 on 2025-01-02 03:18:47.

hi everyone . i want to share some tips when using gallery-dl . gallery-dl is a great tool but there are some problems with the file download options .

1. the --no-download option will skip downloading the file . the problem is that it will still write the file to the archive file . you can combine the 2 options --no-download --download-archive “” to skip downloading the file and not write to the archive file . similar to the --skip option of yt-dlp .

   1. you want to redownload a file that is already saved in the archive file ? . when i searched for information the creator said to use the -o skip=false option . the problem with this option is that it will overwrite the existing file . if you have 100 images of 10mb/image and accidentally deleted 50 images and you want to redownload those 50 images . -o skip=false will redownload NEW 100 images . The solution is to use the --download-archive “” option. same as the --no-download-archive option of yt-dlp.it will redownload 50 files and if the file already exists it will skip downloading. saving a little more time.