Watch Directory Script

Notes

To run this script at an interval, add this to your crontab.

Script "watchdog.sh"

#!/bin/bash 

# Watch dir, may contain spaces:
watchdir="/torrentwatch/"

# move file to a subdirectory? if Commented out, it'll removed remove
# the torrent file.
# Note: Don't put a '/' before the path!
movesubdir="added/"


# Authentication "username:password":
#tr_auth="admin:admin"

# Transmission host:
tr_host="127.0.0.1:9091"

# Verbose?
verbose=1

#############################################
time=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d (%H:%M:%S)")
if [ -n "$tr_auth" ]; then 
    tr_auth="--auth=$tr_auth"
fi

for file in "$watchdir"*.torrent
do
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        if [ -n "$verbose" ]; then echo "$time: $file added to queue."; fi

        /usr/local/bin/transmission-remote "$tr_host" "$tr_auth" -a "$file" > /dev/null
        # give the remote some time to process
        sleep 5
        
        if [ $movesubdir ]; then
            if [ -d "$watchdir$movesubdir" ]; then
                mv "$file" "$watchDir$movesubdir"
            else
                mkdir "$watchdir$movesubdir"
                mv "$file" "$watchdir$movesubdir"
            fi
        else
            rm "$file"
        fi
    else
        if [ -n "$verbose" ]; then echo "$time: No torrent in $watchdir."; fi
    fi
done

exit 0