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Berticus

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Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 731

[SOLVED] rtorrent re-download finished torrents

I have rtorrent move files that have finished downloading:

on_finish = move_complete,"execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,~/Shared/ ;d.set_directory=~/Shared/"

Every time a torrent finishes, and I restart rtorrent, it re-downloads my finished torrents. As you can imagine, this is plummeting my share ratio; it's going down faster than a Thai hooker.

I thought it was because of the hash check, so I disabled that, but the problem still persists. Or at least I think I did... All I did was comment out the following line:

check_hash = yes

Is check_hash assigned as no by default?

Last edited by Berticus (2008-07-30 02:58:29)

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: [SOLVED] rtorrent re-download finished torrents

One thing you could do is, on completion, move the torrent file from the watch directory as well as the actual downloaded file. That way, since the torrent file no longer exists in the watch directory...it wont re-download.

Another thing you could do is, set up start and finished links(?). On starting a torrent, it creates the .started file and on finishing, it creates a .finished file. Having those files will also not re-start the downloads.

I dont use the move function, but I still use the .started and .finished symlinks. That way I can simply ssh into the watch directory and see which ones are completed.

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Berticus

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Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 731

Re: [SOLVED] rtorrent re-download finished torrents

It was marked as solved...

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: [SOLVED] rtorrent re-download finished torrents

was it??

then posting your solution would help others with similar issues. Just a thought......

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shining

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Re: [SOLVED] rtorrent re-download finished torrents

It was marked as solved...

Maybe an explanation would have helped.

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