I've got watchdir set up correctly based on transmission picking it up on start.  However once transmission is running it won't pick up new torrents added to the watchdir.  I found this:

 

https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11021

 

My watchdir is on my array and arch-transmission is accessing it via SMB.

 

I haven't used that script yet but it perfectly describes my experience in that if I open the .torrent file in nano transmission immediately picks it up and starts downloading.  So the problem does seem to be the arch not picking up the new .torrents because the watchdir isn't being updated.

 

Other than creating a script to run periodically, does anyone know of another way to make arch update contents of the directory so transmission can pick it up?

 

Right now the only thing I can think of, which I don't want to do, is to move the watchdir into arch, and then share that out so I can access it from my PC which I'm using to find and save .torrents.  Being local to transmission, and not a network resource, should let transmission see the added .torrent.

 

Thoughts?

When working with network'd dirs you can either use NFS and inoticoming (inotify script) or just run it periodicaly. e.g.

 

* * * * * checktorrents.sh 2>&1 >/dev/null (this will check every minut)

 

for [[ i in $watchdir/*.torrent ]]; do transmission-cli add $i; done

 

 

/THAT WAS NOT REAL CODE

 

 

 

Well I don't know why but I'm resisting turning on NFS.  I probably shouldn't.  I think its just too many doubts as to past NFS problems being solved.  But nothing prevents me from using SMB for most things and NFS only for transmission-to-watchdir access.

 

Yes I know that isn't real code, and I know I am not sure I understand it.  Which is depressing because pseudo-code is supposed to be human readable 

 

Also that sounds about like the same basic idea as running a script to poll an smb share.  Is there anything inherently different?

 

[sigh] I tried getting samba server up and running on archVM so I could just dumper the torrents into there and arch would see them as ocal. It was a pathetic attempt.  Partly because I wasn't in the mood to deal with messing things up and then recovering from backups.  Yesterday was not the relaxing memorial day I had hoped for.  Got roped into hosting a BBQ   You'd think after 20 years in the AF I'd have earned some peace and quiet but nooooo the S.O. wanted to go and be all social