Merge pull request #56 from Keeper-of-the-Keys/settings-downloads

Settings downloads

src/gpodder/config.py

@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
         'retries': 3,  # number of retries when downloads time out
     },
 
+    'fs': {
+        'downloads': ''
+    },
+
     'ui': {
         # Settings for the Command-Line Interface
         'cli': {

src/gpodder/core.py

@@ -66,14 +66,24 @@ def __init__(self,
         # Downloads go to <data_home> or $GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR
         self.downloads = os.environ.get('GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR', os.path.join(self.data_home))
 
+        # Read config and change default directories where needed
+        self.config = config_class(config_file)
+
+        if self.config.fs.downloads != '':
+            self.downloads = self.config.fs.downloads
+
         # Initialize the gPodder home directories
         util.make_directory(self.data_home)
         util.make_directory(self.config_home)
 
+        if self.data_home != self.downloads:
+            if not util.make_directory(self.downloads):
+                self.logger.warn('Custom downloads path [%s] not writable reverting to default', self.downloads)
+                self.downloads = os.environ.get('GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR', os.path.join(self.data_home))
+
         # Open the database and configuration file
         self.db = database_class(database_file, verbose)
         self.model = model_class(self)
-        self.config = config_class(config_file)
 
         # Load installed/configured plugins
         self._load_plugins()

src/gpodder/util.py

@@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ def make_directory(path):
     Tries to create a directory if it does not exist already.
     Returns True if the directory exists after the function
     call, False otherwise.
+    If the directory already exists it returns True if it is
+    writable.
     """
     if os.path.isdir(path):
-        return True
+        return os.access(path, os.W_OK)
 
     try:
         os.makedirs(path)