eg rTorrent

rTorrent

Command Line

Update this example page

wget -O "$HOME/.config/eg/examples/rtorrent.md" \
     "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rtorrent-community/rtorrent-community.github.io/eg-rTorrent.md

Calling rTorrent with typical options

# Disable any legacy commands, and use an alternative config file
rtorrent -D -K -n -o import=~/rtorent/rtorrent.rc

Loading a metafile from the prompt with a specific data path

# DATADIR is the data directory of a multi-file torrent,
# or holds the data file of single-file one; paths MUST
# be absolute
rtxmlrpc -q load.normal '' $PWD/‹DATA›.torrent \
    "d.directory_base.set=\"‹DATADIR›\"" "d.custom1.set=‹LABEL›"

Configuration

These are typical configuration snippets that are added after initial configuration. For an initial configuration reference, see below.

Watch directory schedule

schedule2 = … TODO

Reference Information

• The rTorrent Wiki: https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/wiki
• Configuration:
  • https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/wiki/CONFIG-Template
  • https://rtorrent-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cookbook.html
  • https://rtorrent-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cmd-ref.html
• XML-RPC: https://rtorrent-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cmd-ref.html