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[FEATURE REQUEST] Delete files on disk that are not in manifest #49
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Every time i go to use steamctl depot download command, it dosen't seem to delete any files that are not in the manifest that are already on disk unnecessarily taking up disk space.
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steamctl actually deleting files on disk that are not in manifest.
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manually deleting all files and redownloading the manifest i want from scratch.
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rossengeorgiev commentedon May 15, 2022
Yes, I agree. The download command simply downloads the files. It doesn't really work as an update.
If we were to delete any files not in the manifests then we might delete files unintentionally. That could be really bad, just like running
rm -rf /(DO NOT DO THAT). We could keep a record of the manifest used in the initial download, and then use those to delete any extra files that are no longer present. That would avoid deleting files that are not manifests. However, that will not be compatible withsteamcmdorsteam clientordepotdownloaderor any other tool.A workaround right now is getting a list of extra files with
steamctl depot diff --show-extra ...and deleting those files after a download.nutterthanos commentedon Jun 3, 2022
i mean one day we will have a launcher for steam games like legendary.
rossengeorgiev commentedon Jun 3, 2022
Seems unlikely since it would require reimplementing Steam's API, integrations, features, and everything. I don't see the point to that. Steam already runs everywhere and has a ton of features.
Legendary makes and similar, simply consolidate a number of smaller stores into one place. EGS client is slow and buggy, barely has any features, games have no integrations, so another client works and makes sense.
nutterthanos commentedon Jun 30, 2022
makes it longer to change to a different version tho