Hello Guys,

I would like to share with you script that I was working on time-by-time for past month or two. I was originally using numerous scripts I found over the web to do what I need, but non of them were able to manage Transmission queue on My Book due to the bug related to this system that prevent showing torrent status (Stopped/Download/Seed) correctly from transmission-remote list output.
So I start developing my own script to use debug mode of Transmission Remote and parse JSON within bash to properly identify torrent state and to apply manage logic. Finally I end-up with single script to do everything I would think of someone would need from Transmission.

Let’s call it Transmission All-in-One manage script. Version 1.0

Features:

• Install/UnInstall startup and shutdown scripts (overwrites default Optware scripts)
• Enable/Disable startup of Transmission on boot as check flag
• Start/Stop/ReStart of Transmission
• Stability fix by setting EVENT_NOEPOLL=1; EVENT_NOEVPORT=1; EVENT_NODEVPOLL=1
• Updating Blocklist from download.m0k.org
• Edit Transmission config file and if changed force Transmission to re-read config file
• Watch Transmission and Restart if not responding
• Status of torrents in Transmission Remote native output format
• Torrents Queue manage:
  • start and stop torrents according to MAX_TO_DOWNLOAD and MAX_TO_SEED values
  • stop seeding once Max Ratio is reached
  • respects ratio-limit from Transmission config file
  • move torrent data to Complete folder once enough seeded and remove from Transmission list if succeeded
  • use minimum calls to Transmission Remote
  • watch check included
  • overcome torrent Status bug on WD MyBook system by parsing JSON instead of regular list output

Installation:

cd /opt/bin
wget -O transmission http://pavel.kuzub.com/scripts/transmission
chmod a+x transmission
transmission install


CRON Jobs:

#Transmission Queue Control every 5 minutes
*/5 * * * * /opt/bin/transmission queue

#Transmission Restart every 2 hours as stability workaround
0 */2 * * * /opt/bin/transmission restart

Usage:

# Start Transmission
transmission start

# Stop Transmission
transmission stop

# Call Boot procedure
transmission startup

# Enable starting Transmission on boot procedure
transmission startup on

# Disable starting Transmission on boot procedure
transmission startup off

# Show Transmission Remote List
transmission status

# Restart Transmission
transmission restart

# Open VI (or another editor) to edit settings.json
transmission edit

# Watch Transmission and kick if needed
transmission watch

# Queue manage (for CRON)
transmission queue

# Install startup and shutdown scripts
transmission install

# Uninstall startup and shutdown scripts
transmission uninstall

# Show commands
transmission usage


Community discussion:

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