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Etz
Mar 21, 2012Aspirant
ruTorrent 3.3 + rTorrent by WhoCares
Can someone explain, how to configure download directories and other settings? It always defaults back to factory settings if you reboot ReadyNAS or restart addon. It`s a known behaviour of ruTorr...
invader980
Jun 25, 2012Aspirant
i copied urs to see if i could just get it up and running to start then i was going to edit it to my liking
whats strange is i got it to start ( with errors ) befor i edited "start.sh"
after editing that it stoped starting all together
reading the code i cant see y it wouldnt start ...
im going to try a fresh install and re-mod see if i have success
also ... im not to familiar with linux but the instructions to save the rc file to :
i assumed theres a home folder of some sort named ~admin/ not to sure but the instructions in the rc file recommended a save to:
i saved to both (lack of better decision) lol
ps: working on permission right now to rule that out ..... ive already edited the .rc file simply commented out the watch dr lines ill set that later with the addon and used real dir for the save folders
# This is an example resource file for rTorrent. Copy to
# ~/.rtorrent.rc and enable/modify the options as needed. Remember to
# uncomment the options you wish to enable.
# Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to per torrent.
#min_peers = 40
#max_peers = 100
# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
#min_peers_seed = 10
#max_peers_seed = 50
# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
#max_uploads = 15
# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited.
#download_rate = 0
#upload_rate = 0
# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents.
directory = /c/raid/extra/partial
# Default session directory. Make sure you don't run multiple instance
# of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
# relative path?
session = /c/.rtorrent/session
# Watch a directory for new torrents, and stop those that have been
# deleted.
#schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=./watch/*.torrent
#schedule = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied=
# Close torrents when diskspace is low.
#schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=100M
# The ip address reported to the tracker.
#ip = 127.0.0.1
# The ip address the listening socket and outgoing connections is
# bound to.
#bind = 127.0.0.1
#bind = rakshasa.no
# Port range to use for listening.
port_range = 31667-31767
# Start opening ports at a random position within the port range.
port_random = yes
# Check hash for finished torrents. Might be usefull until the bug is
# fixed that causes lack of diskspace not to be properly reported.
check_hash = yes
# Set whetever the client should try to connect to UDP trackers.
#use_udp_trackers = yes
# Alternative calls to bind and ip that should handle dynamic ip's.#schedule = ip_tick,0,1800,ip=rakshasa
#schedule = bind_tick,0,1800,bind=rakshasa
# Encryption options, set to none (default) or any combination of the following:
# allow_incoming, try_outgoing, require, require_RC4, enable_retry, prefer_plaintext
#
# The example value allows incoming encrypted connections, starts unencrypted
# outgoing connections but retries with encryption if they fail, preferring
# plaintext to RC4 encryption after the encrypted handshake
#
#encryption = require,enable_retry,prefer_plaintext
encryption = require
# Enable DHT support for trackerless torrents or when all trackers are down.
# May be set to "disable" (completely disable DHT), "off" (do not start DHT),
# "auto" (start and stop DHT as needed), or "on" (start DHT immediately).
# The default is "off". For DHT to work, a session directory must be defined.
#
dht = disable
# UDP port to use for DHT.
#
# dht_port = 6881
# Enable peer exchange (for torrents not marked private)
#
# peer_exchange = yes
# chmod rwx for everybody
system.umask.set = 0000
# Schedules to watch folders
schedule = watch_directory_1,11,20,"load_start=/c/raid/extra/rtorrent/watch/*.torrent,d.set_custom1=/c/raid/extra/downloads/"
schedule = watch_directory_2,12,20,"load_start=/c/raid/extra/rtorrent/watch/music/*.torrent,d.set_custom1=/c/raid/extra/music/"
# Move completed downloads to preset target
system.method.set_key = event.download.finished,move_complete,"d.set_directory=$d.get_custom1=;execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,$d.get_custom1="
#
# Do not modify the following parameters unless you know what you're doing.
#
# Hash read-ahead controls how many MB to request the kernel to read
# ahead. If the value is too low the disk may not be fully utilized,
# while if too high the kernel might not be able to keep the read
# pages in memory thus end up trashing.
#hash_read_ahead = 10
# Interval between attempts to check the hash, in milliseconds.
#hash_interval = 100
# Number of attempts to check the hash while using the mincore status,
# before forcing. Overworked systems might need lower values to get a
# decent hash checking rate.
#hash_max_tries = 10
whats strange is i got it to start ( with errors ) befor i edited "start.sh"
#!/bin/bash
#
# This should contain necessary code to start the service
screen -dmS "rtorrent" start-stop-daemon -S -m --pidfile /var/run/RUTORRENT.pid -c admin:admin -q --nicelevel 19 -x /etc/frontview/addons/bin/RUTORRENT/RUTORRENT_service
RTOR=`ps ax | grep rtorrent | grep -v SCREEN | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $1 }'`
if [ "$RTOR" != "" ]; then
echo $RTOR > /var/run/RUTORRENT.pid
fi
after editing that it stoped starting all together
reading the code i cant see y it wouldnt start ...
im going to try a fresh install and re-mod see if i have success
also ... im not to familiar with linux but the instructions to save the rc file to :
~admin/.rtorrent.rc
i assumed theres a home folder of some sort named ~admin/ not to sure but the instructions in the rc file recommended a save to:
~/.rtorrent.rc
i saved to both (lack of better decision) lol
ps: working on permission right now to rule that out ..... ive already edited the .rc file simply commented out the watch dr lines ill set that later with the addon and used real dir for the save folders
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