Per-user systemd service file for Bittorrent Sync (initially developed for use with the bittorrent-sync from AUR)

README.txt

Instructions for ArchLinux

- Place [email protected] in /etc/systemd/system

Then for each user:

- Create a .sync directory in the user's home directory
- Create a config file (eg: /usr/bin/btsync --dump-sample-config > ~/.sync/btsync.json)
- Change options:
    "storage_path" : "/home/<username>/.sync"
    "pid_file" : "/run/user/<userid>/btsync.pid"
    choose unique IP for webui listen directive

- Enable the systemd unit:  systemctl enable btsync@<username>
- Fire it up, systemctl start btsync@<username>

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[Unit]
Description=BTSync for user %I
Requires=network.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=%I
ExecStart=/usr/bin/btsync --config %h/.sync/btsync.json --nodaemon

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target