Transmission, the default torrent client that comes with Ubuntu, allows you to monitor a directory for newly added torrent files. This feature can be used to automatically start a torrent download as soon as you add the the torrent file to the Watch Directory.
However, the
Watch Dir
option is disabled by default so to enable it, you must edit the settings.json
file:vim ~/.config/transmission/settings.json
The above command will open the
settings.json
in vim
text editor.
To activate the
Watch Dir
, you need to set the watch-dir-enabled
option to true
:"watch-dir-enabled": true
You can also specify the Watch Directory's location using the
watch-dir
option"watch-dir": "/home/USERNAME/PATH_TO_DIR",
Save the
settings.json
file, then start Transmission to test your settings.Alternative method:
You can achieve the same result using the GTK+ interface. To do that, go to:
Edit ⇒ Preferences ⇒ Automatically add torrents from
Activate the
Automatically add torrents from
option, and then choose the Watch Directory path from the dropdown menu.
NOTE: This post is actually an introduction to a series of tutorials that I will be making in the coming days. This series will cover some neat stuff such as using FlexGet and
crontab
to automate/schedule tasks such as downloading torrents using RSS feeds.
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