Block List Updater Script

(for other scripts, see the Scripts page)

Notes

If you start the daemon with arguments, either read how to modify the configuration file or change the last line.
If you have the configuration files at a non standard location, you'll need to modify the cd $HOME/.config/transmission-daemon/blocklists/ line near the end.

Script

#!/bin/sh

PID="`pidof transmission-daemon`"
if [ -n "$PID" ]; then
        kill $PID
fi

echo -n "Waiting for the daemon to exit "
sleep 2

COUNT=1
while [ -n "`pidof transmission-daemon`" ]; do
        COUNT=$((COUNT + 1))
        if [ $COUNT -gt 60 ]; then
                echo -n "transmission-daemon doesn't respond, killing it with -9"
                kill -9 `pidof transmission-daemon`
                break
        fi

        sleep 2
        echo -n "."
done

echo " done"

cd $HOME/.config/transmission-daemon/blocklists/
if wget http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/level1.gz 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
        rm -f level1 && gunzip level1.gz
        echo "blocklist updated"
else
        echo "blocklist not updated"
fi

transmission-daemon