[Solved] rtorrent won't use .rtorrent.rc after update.

Ashren · 2007-09-10 09:44:21

After upgrading rtorrent it will not tolerate empty lines in the .rtorrent.rc and it will not read my download directory or schedule directories.

At command line it says: rtorrent: Error in option file: ~/.rtorrent.rc:16: Junk at end of input.

Here's my .rtorrent.rc:

     # 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 =/home/edgar/down/
    #Default session directory. Make sure you don't run multiple instance
    # of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
    # relative path?
     #session = ./session
     # Watch a directory for new torrents, and stop those that have been
     # deleted.
     schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/home/edgar/*.torrent
    schedule = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied=/home/edgar/*.torrent
    #Close torrents when diskspace is low.
     #schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=100M
     # Stop torrents when reaching upload ratio in percent,
    # when also reaching total upload in bytes, or when
     # reaching final upload ratio in percent.
     # example: stop at ratio 2.0 with at least 200 MB uploaded, or else ratio 20.0
     #schedule = ratio,60,60,stop_on_ratio=200,200M,2000
     # The ip address reported to the tracker.
     #ip = 127.0.0.1
     #ip = rakshasa.no
     # 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 = 6890-6999
     # Start opening ports at a random position within the port range.
     #port_random = no
     # 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 = no
     # 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 = allow_incoming,enable_retry,prefer_plaintext
     # Enable peer exchange (for torrents not marked private)
     #
     # peer_exchange = yes
    #
     # 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
     # Max number of files to keep open simultaniously.
     #max_open_files = 128
      # Number of sockets to simultaneously keep open.
     #max_open_sockets = <no default>
     # Example of scheduling commands: Switch between two ip's every 5
     # seconds.
     #schedule = "ip_tick1,5,10,ip=torretta"
     #schedule = "ip_tick2,10,10,ip=lampedusa"
      # Remove a scheduled event.
     #schedule_remove = "ip_tick1"

Thanks,
Ash

Last edited by Ashren (2007-09-10 18:20:38)

dolby · 2007-09-10 13:01:52

i built it myself using the pkgbuild posted as a comment on the aur page but for the current version. no problems at all with it

Last edited by dolby (2007-09-10 13:02:17)

Ashren · 2007-09-10 16:21:15

Build it using the PKGBUILD mentioned above and with the current version. Still don't work with .rtorrent.rc .. Very strange.

Dolby can I see your .rtorrent.rc ?

Last edited by Ashren (2007-09-10 16:21:43)

Ashren · 2007-09-10 18:23:08

Ok.. It turns out that "./" is only viable way to define the home directory. So in order to define a download directory, one must write something like this: ./down

Perhaps this is obvious, then I learned something. wee!

kagerato · 2007-09-10 21:09:22

./ is short for the current working directory, not the user's home directory. Usually you use the environment variable HOME for the latter.

This is all very odd and might be an rtorrent bug. There's no reason why it shouldn't handle absolute paths ...

richiefrich · 2008-09-20 21:31:57

I don't know if this was ever fixe but mine works just fine and i am using the one from pacman, and this is my config

http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/browser/t … rev=latest

Arch Linux

#1 2007-09-10 09:44:21

[Solved] rtorrent won't use .rtorrent.rc after update.

#2 2007-09-10 13:01:52

Re: [Solved] rtorrent won't use .rtorrent.rc after update.

#3 2007-09-10 16:21:15

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#4 2007-09-10 18:23:08

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#5 2007-09-10 21:09:22

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