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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 = 30
max_peers = 150
# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
min_peers_seed = -1
max_peers_seed = -1
# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
max_uploads = 10
# Maximum number of simultaneous downloads
max_downloads_global = 0
# Maximum number of simultaneous uploads
max_uploads_global = 0
# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited.
download_rate = 200
upload_rate = 50
# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents.
#directory = /data/Waffles
# Default session directory. Make sure you don't run multiple instance
# of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
# relative path?
session = /data/session
# Watch a directory for new torrents, restart torrents that have been
# copied back and stop those that have been deleted.
schedule = watch_directory,10,10,"load_start=/home/stephen/torrents/*.torrent,d.set_directory=/home/stephen/torrents/"
# schedule = tied_directory,10,10,start_tied=
# schedule = untied_directory,10,10,close_untied=
# Watch another directory with a different destination. (0.7.7+)
schedule = watch_directory_3,10,10,"load_start=/data/MMA/*.torrent,d.set_directory=/data/MMA/"
schedule = watch_directory_4,10,10,"load_start=/media/stephen/d8940124-02b1-4f10-8328-1b7374f078b6/MoviesUSB/*.torrent,d.set_directory=/media/stephen/d8940124-02b1-4f10-8328-1b7374f078b6/MoviesUSB"
schedule = watch_directory_5,10,10,"load_start=/data/Movies/*.torrent,d.set_directory=/data/Movies"
schedule = watch_directory_6,10,10,"load_start=/media/stephen/wd_passport_1g/wd_movies/*.torrent,d.set_directory=/media/stephen/wd_passport_1g/wd_movies"
# Show downloads currently uploading or downloading in active view. Update every 30 seconds.
schedule = filter_active,30,30,"view_filter = active,\"or={d.get_up_rate=,d.get_down_rate=}\""
# 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 = 192.168.1.2
# The ip address the listening socket and outgoing connections is
# bound to.
# bind = 192.168.1.2
# Port range to use for listening.
port_range = 50000-52666
# Start opening ports at a random position within the port range.
port_random = yes
# 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 = yes
# 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
encryption = require,require_RC4,allow_incoming,try_outgoing,enable_retry
# Enable DHT support for trackerless torrents or when all trackers are down.
# May be set to "disable" (completely disable DHT), "off" (do not start DHT),
# "auto" (start and stop DHT as needed), or "on" (start DHT immediately).
# The default is "off". For DHT to work, a session directory must be defined.
#
# dht = auto
# UDP port to use for DHT.
#
# dht_port = 6881
# 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
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