Additions

Contents

Standard Views in rTorrent
Extra Views in rTorrent
Extra Keyboard shortcuts in rTorrent
Extra Attributes in rTorrent config files
Extra Commands in rTorrent config files
Extra Bash functions
Extra Bash scripts

Standard Views in rTorrent

Extra Views in rTorrent

Key	View	Sorting, filtering properties
^	`rtcontrol`
!	`messages`	sorted by `downloaded time`, group by `throttle`, `message`
t	`trackers`	sorted by `downloaded time` desc, group by `domain`
:	`tagged`
<	`datasize`	sorted by `data size` desc
>	`uploadeddata`	sorted by `uploaded data` desc, `downloaded time` desc
%	`ratio`	sorted by `ratio` desc, `uploaded data` desc, `downloaded time` desc
@	`category`	sorted by `category`, `name`
?	`deletable`	sorted by `downloaded time`, group by `unsafe_data` desc, `throttle` desc, only deletable torrents are shown

Extra Keyboard shortcuts in rTorrent

Key	Functionality
}	toggle `unsafe_data` for a torrent
#	send manual scrape request for a torrent
.	toggle tag for a torrent
T	clear `tag` view
*	toggle collapsed/expanded display
\|	toggle selectable themes
=	toggle autoscale network history
home	Home
end	End
pgup	Pageg Up
pgdn	Page Down

Extra Attributes in rTorrent config files

The following custom field attributes are added in rTorrent config files.

unsafe_data

Determines whether data of a torrent is deletable.

unsafe_data : values [|0|1|2], 1 means unsafe_data, 2 means unsafe_data in delete queue

data_dir

Determines the sub-directory (category) for data of a torrent. It's used with watch directories and continously updated during the lifetime of a torrent.

data_dir : name of category, e.g. unsafe, rotating

meta_dir

Determines the sub-directory (category) for meta file of a torrent. It's used with watch directories and continously updated during the lifetime of a torrent.

meta_dir : name of category, e.g. unsafe, rotating

tm_downloaded

Timestamp, time the torrent file was downloaded (created locally).

tm_loaded

Timestamp, time the torrent was loaded into client.

tm_started

Timestamp, first time the torrent was started.

tm_completed

Timestamp, time of completion of the torrent.

last_active

Timestamp, last time the torrent had peers.

activations

Activation intervals.

tm_last_scrape

Timestamp, last time when a scrape request was sent for the torrent.

Extra Commands in rTorrent config files

The following commands can be used in rtorrent with ^x.

d.move_to=category_name,special_group,unsafe_data

Moves data (can be partially downloaded) and meta (.torrent) file of a torrent into another directories at the same time and updates all necessary attributes of it.

category_name : one of the category directories, e.g. unsafe, songs, etc
special_group : boolean, values [|0|1], 1 means special group
unsafe_data : values [|0|1|2], 1 means unsafe_data, 2 means unsafe_data in delete queue

Example usage: d.move_to=rotating,1,1, d.move_to=rotating,1,2, d.move_to=fullseed,1,, d.move_to=unsafe,,1, d.move_to=unsafe,,2, d.move_to=various,,

d.move_meta_to=category_name

Moves a finished, stucked meta file from the downloading directory into its final place (thanks to the simetimes missing meta_dir custom field value, rtorrent bug on OpenWRT?). It can also be useful if a category name is changed.

category_name : one of the category directories, e.g. unsafe, songs, etc

Example usage: d.move_meta_to=rotating, d.move_meta_to=fullseed, d.move_meta_to=unsafe, d.move_meta_to=various

d.get_data_full_path=

Gets the full path of data of a torrent (it's a workaround for the possibly empty d.base_path attribute).

d.remove_data=

Deletes data of a torrent if data dir/file of a torrent exists and its data is not bogus and removes symlink for its metafile if it exists or prints out an error message.

d.add_to_delqueue=

Adds torrent to delete queue by creating a symlink in .delqueue dir to its metafile and setting unsafe_data custom variable to 2. This command is bind to } key.

d.remove_from_delqueue=[unsafe_data]

Removes torrent from delete queue by deleting its symlink if it exists from .delqueue dir. This command is bind to } key.

unsafe_data : optional parameter, values [|0|1], 1 means unsafe_data

Usage: d.remove_from_delqueue=, d.remove_from_delqueue=1

d.fix_delqueue_flag=

Fixes unsafe_data values depending on a symlink in .delqueue directory exists or not. Useful if symlinks are sometimes created manually or by a script in .delqueue dir.

d.modify_slots_both=

Modifies the peers_min, peers_max, max_uploads values of a torrent for both downloading and uploading based on which group (special or not) it belongs to.

d.last_scrape.send_set=

Sends scrape request for a torrent, sets its tm_last_scrape timestamp custom field and saves its session. This command is bind to # key.

It won't affect the operation of rtorrent, but nice to have these values updated. This info is only updated when rtorrent starts or a torrent is added by default. Although this setup regularly updates scrape information for all torrents (even stopped ones), sometimes this command can be useful.

d.last_active=

Returns the value of last_active timestamp custom field of a torrent or current timestamp if it has peers.

uptime=

Returns uptime (with the help of getUptime.sh script) in the form of Up: 6 years, 5 months, 18 days, 02:39:57. Year/month info isn't shown if their value is 0.

hrf_time=timestamp

Displays any valid timestamp value in human readable format or print the value itself (e.g.: 30/06/2013 23:47:33).

Usage: hrf_time=$d.creation_date=, hrf_time=$d.custom=tm_last_scrape

i=

Displays the current rate information in the form of MainUpRate: 1440 , ThrottleUpRate: 92 , ThrottleLimit: 100. Depricated, since a more compact and always updated form is represented by rtorrent-ps-ch in the left part of status bar.

pyro.import=rtconfig_filename

Imports the specified config file from ~/.pyroscope/ directory.

rtconfig_filename : name of rtorrent config file in ~/.pyroscope/ directory, e.g. rtorrent-ps.rc, color_scheme256-happy_pastel.rc

Usage: pyro.import="color_scheme256-happy_pastel.rc"

Extra Bash functions

rtlistOrphans

List orphaned torrents.

Usage: rtlistOrphans

rtlistStuck

List stuck torrents in incomplete directory.

Usage: rtlistStuck

rtlistMessages

List torrents with unusual trackers messages.

Usage: rtlistMessages

rtlistStopped

list stopped torrents.

Usage: rtlistStopped

Extra Bash scripts

addMagnetLink.sh

Creates a magnet torrent file from magnet URI into one of the watch directories of rTorrent.

Usage: addMagnetLink.sh "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:foobar..."

doBackup.sh

Backup session directory of rtorrent.

Usage: doBackup.sh

getLimits.sh

Calculates uprate limit for slowup throttle or global downrate limit based on the parameters or gives info about them. It's used by adjust_throttle_slowup=, adjust_throttle_global_down_max_rate scheduled tasks and i= method in rtorrent.

Usage: getLimits.sh <<action>> <<global_upload_rate>> <<throttle_upload_rate>> [throttle_upload_limit]

getUptime.sh

Calculates and prints uptime in the form of Up: 6 years, 5 months, 18 days, 02:40:00. Year/month info isn't shown if their value is 0. It's used by uptime= method in rtorrent.

Usage: getUptime.sh <<current_timestamp>> <<startup_timestamp>>