About

Today rtorrent does not have a built-in daemon but it’s in development 👷

That’s why i have created this simple bash script to launch 🚀 rtorrent as a daemon 😈

Tested on Debian and Ubuntu.

Requirements

• awk command.
• screen command.

Installation

Perform the following commands to download and install the script :

$ cd /etc/init.d/
$ wget https://raw.github.com/crazy-max/rtorrent-launcher/master/rtorrent-launcher.conf -O /etc/rtorrent-launcher.conf --no-check-certificate
$ wget https://raw.github.com/crazy-max/rtorrent-launcher/master/rtorrent-launcher.sh -O rtorrent --no-check-certificate
$ chmod +x rtorrent
$ update-rc.d -f rtorrent remove
$ update-rc.d rtorrent defaults
$ update-rc.d rtorrent enable

Configuration

Before running the script, you must change some vars in the config file /etc/rtorrent-launcher.conf.

If you change the location of the config file, do not forget to change the path in the script file for the CONFIG_FILE var.

USER

Name of the linux user who starts rtorrent.

Example: USER="rtorrent"

SCREEN_NAME

The screen name, you can put what you want but it must be unique and must contain only alphanumeric character.

Example: SCREEN_NAME="rtorrent"

LOG_DIR

Directory of rtorrent launcher logs.

Example: LOG_DIR="/var/log/rtorrent"

RTORRENT_CONFIG

Path to .rtorrent.rc config file.

Example: RTORRENT_CONFIG="/home/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc"

Usage

• start - Start rtorrent in a screen.
• stop - Stop rtorrent and close the screen loaded.
• status - display the status of rtorrent.
• restart - restart rtorrent.
• info - display several infos about rtorrent.

Example : /etc/init.d/rtorrent start

How can I help ?

All kinds of contributions are welcome ! The most basic way to show your support is to star the project, or to raise issues You can also support this project by becoming a sponsor on GitHub or by making a Paypal donation to ensure this journey continues indefinitely!

Thanks again for your support, it is much appreciated!

License

LGPL. See LICENSE for more details.