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username · 2006-10-11 18:30:01

I got ctorrent installed on my DSM with no problems. It works fine when started in a telnet session.

But how do I schedule torrents without having to keep a telnet session(s) open? I do want to be able to set up torrent downloads and turn my PC off.

There is a mention of S_DOWN here: http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t9-programs-community.html . I added the two S_DOWN commands to my fun_plug, but what do I do with S_DOWN.c file? It needs to be compiled, right? Or does it replace an existing S_DOWN file on the box? Does it still need to be compiled?

Thanks again.

Last edited by username (2006-10-11 18:31:19)

sala · 2006-10-11 23:28:04

S_DOWN is "work in progress", do not use it. You can start torrents using fun_plug.
Just add your ctorrent command lines and restart (with do_reboot command or from web interface). You can also use & at the end of your command if you like to run multiple torrents at the same time (remember that you need to open a port for every instance of ctorrent you are going to run).
And finally there is nohup command you may also find useful.
http://dns323.kood.org/downloads/nohup-5.97.tar.bz2

username · 2006-10-12 00:13:20

Thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely try nohup.

I did try the & trick from a telnet window. I was hoping it would give me the command prompt back so I could do other things. It didn't.

I was also thinking about starting ctoorents as cron jobs. However, I could not get crontab -e to work. I guess it was looking for a text editor that was not there. crontab -l worked fine. Any ideas on how to edit the crontab file?

sala · 2006-10-12 21:29:11

& at the end of command will give the command prompt back, sometimes you just need to press enter and then you can get back to console.

username · 2006-10-12 23:09:24

Oh yeah, I see it now. & definitely works. I did try to press enter before and thought I had no effect, but it does. A command prompt does appear. It just gets overwritten by the ctorrent "status line" so fast, that I did not notice that the first time I tried.

Thanks for nudging me back in the right direction.

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