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-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/options.py10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 955f610e6..e21030c28 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -924,14 +924,16 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'-P', '--paths',
- metavar='TYPES:PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
+ metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys())},
- help=(
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
+ 'default_key': 'home'
+ }, help=(
'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
'All the same types as --output are supported. '
- 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" and "temp" paths. '
+ 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))