Torrent client

Install rtorrent (really really great app)

sudo apt-get install rtorrent

place this configuration file

# This is an example resource file for rTorrent. Copy to
# ~/.rtorrent.rc and enable/modify the options as needed. Remember to
# uncomment the options you wish to enable.

# Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to per torrent.
#min_peers = 40
#max_peers = 100

# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
#min_peers_seed = 10
#max_peers_seed = 50

# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
max_uploads = 1

# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited.
download_rate = 0
upload_rate = 5

# downlad rate higher at night
schedule = throttle_1,01:00:00,23:00:00,download_rate=0
schedule = throttle_2,08:00:00,23:00:00,download_rate=40


# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents.
directory = /home/mybox/torrents/

# Default session directory. Make sure you don't run multiple instance
# of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
# relative path?
#session = ./session
session = /home/mybox/session

# Watch a directory for new torrents, and stop those that have been
# deleted.
schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/home/mybox/torrents/*.torrent
schedule = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied=/home/mybox/stopped/


# When the torrent finishes, it executes "mv -n ~/Download/"
# and then sets the destination directory to "~/Download/". (0.7.7+)
#on_finished = move_complete,"execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,~/Download/ ;d.set_directory=~/Download/"

on_finished = move_complete,"execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,/home/mybox/finished/ ;d.set_directory=/home/mybox/finished/"

# Close torrents when diskspace is low.
schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=10M

# Stop torrents when reaching upload ratio in percent,
# when also reaching total upload in bytes, or when
# reaching final upload ratio in percent.
# example: stop at ratio 2.0 with at least 200 MB uploaded, or else ratio 20.0
# schedule = ratio,60,60,stop_on_ratio=200,200M,2000
schedule = ratio,60,60,"stop_on_ratio=2,2M,20"


# The ip address reported to the tracker.
#ip = 127.0.0.1
#ip = rakshasa.no

# The ip address the listening socket and outgoing connections is
# bound to.
#bind = 127.0.0.1
#bind = rakshasa.no
#bind = 127.0.0.1


# Port range to use for listening.
#port_range = 6890-6999
port_range = 62000-64000

# Start opening ports at a random position within the port range.
#port_random = no
port_random = yes


# Check hash for hed torrents. Might be usefull until the bug is
# fixed that causes lack of diskspace not to be properly reported.
#check_hash = no

# Set whetever the client should try to connect to UDP trackers.
use_udp_trackers = yes

# Alternative calls to bind and ip that should handle dynamic ip's.
#schedule = ip_tick,0,1800,ip=rakshasa
#schedule = bind_tick,0,1800,bind=rakshasa

# Encryption options, set to none (default) or any combination of the following:
# allow_incoming, try_outgoing, require, require_RC4, enable_retry, prefer_plaintext
#
# The example value allows incoming encrypted connections, starts unencrypted
# outgoing connections but retries with encryption if they fail, preferring
# plaintext to RC4 encryption after the encrypted handshake
#
# encryption = allow_incoming,enable_retry,prefer_plaintext

#
# Do not modify the following parameters unless you know what you're doing.
#

# Hash read-ahead controls how many MB to request the kernel to read
# ahead. If the value is too low the disk may not be fully utilized,
# while if too high the kernel might not be able to keep the read
# pages in memory thus end up trashing.
#hash_read_ahead = 10

# Interval between attempts to check the hash, in milliseconds.
#hash_interval = 100

# Number of attempts to check the hash while using the mincore status,
# before forcing. Overworked systems might need lower values to get a
# decent hash checking rate.
#hash_max_tries = 10

# Max number of files to keep open simultaniously.
#max_open_files = 128

# Number of sockets to simultaneously keep open.
#max_open_sockets =


# Example of scheduling commands: Switch between two ip's every 5
# seconds.
#schedule = "ip_tick1,5,10,ip=torretta"
#schedule = "ip_tick2,10,10,ip=lampedusa"

# Remove a scheduled event.
#schedule_remove = "ip_tick1"

#TOR & Privoxy proxy
http_proxy = http://127.0.0.1:8118/

in /home/boxuser, rename it to: .rtorrent.rc

to activate rtorrent on startup

copy this filecontent

#! /bin/bash
#############
######
#############
# This script depends on screen.
# For the stop function to work, you must set an
# explicit session directory using absolute paths in your rtorrent.rc.
# If you typically just start rtorrent with just "rtorrent" on the
# command line, all you need to change is the "user" option.
# Attach to the screen session as your user with
# "screen -dr rtorrent". Change "rtorrent" with srnname option.
##############
######
##############


#######################
##Start Configuration##
#######################
# You can specify your configuration in a different file
# (so that it is saved with upgrades, saved in your home directory,
# or whateve reason you want to)
# by commenting out/deleting the configuration lines and placing them
# in a text file (say /home/user/.rtorrent.init.conf) exactly as you would
# have written them here (you can leave the comments if you desire
# and then uncommenting the following line correcting the path/filename
# for the one you used. note the space after the ".".
# . /etc/rtorrent.init.conf


#Do not put a space on either side of the equal signs e.g.
# user = user
# will not work
# system user to run as (can only use one)
user=mybox

# the full path to the filename where you store your rtorrent configuration
# must keep parentheses around the entire statement, quotations around each config file
config=("/home/${user}/.rtorrent.rc")
# Examples:
# config=("/home/user/.rtorrent.rc")
# config=("/home/user/.rtorrent.rc" "/mnt/some/drive/.rtorrent2.rc")
# config=("/home/user/.rtorrent.rc"
# "/mnt/some/drive/.rtorrent2.rc"
# "/mnt/another/drive/.rtorrent3.rc")

# set of options to run with each instance, separated by a new line
# must keep parentheses around the entire statement
#if no special options, specify with: ""
options=("")
# Examples:
# starts one instance, sourcing both .rtorrent.rc and .rtorrent2.rc
# options=("-o import=~/.rtorrent2.rc")
# starts two instances, ignoring .rtorrent.rc for both, and using
# .rtorrent2.rc for the first, and .rtorrent3.rc for the second
# we do not check for valid options
# options=("-n -o import=~/.rtorrent2.rc" "-n -o import=~/rtorrent3.rc")

# default directory for screen, needs to be an absolute path
base="/home/${user}"

# name of screen session
srnname="rtorrent"
#######################
###END CONFIGURATION###
#######################
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC="rtorrent"
NAME=rtorrent
DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

# Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

checkcnfg() {
for (( i=0 ; i < ${#config[@]} ; i++ )) ; do if ! [ -r "${config[i]}" ] ; then echo "cannot find readable config ${config[i]}. check that it is there and permissions are appropriate">&2
exit 3
fi
session=$(cat "${config[i]}" | grep "^[[:space:]]*session" | sed "s/^[[:space:]]*session[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*//")
if ! [ -d "${session}" ] ; then
echo "cannot find readable session directory ${session} from config ${config[i]}. check permissions">&2
exit 3
fi
done
}

d_start() {
[ -d "${base}" ] && cd "${base}"
stty stop undef && stty start undef
su -c "screen -ls | grep "\.${srnname}[[:space:]]" > /dev/null" ${user} || su -c "screen -dm -S ${srnname}" ${user}
for (( i=0 ; i < ${#options[@]} ; i++ )) ; do sleep 3 su -c "screen -S "${srnname}" -X screen rtorrent ${options[i]}" ${user} done } d_stop() { for (( i=0 ; i < ${#config[@]} ; i++ )) ; do session=$(cat "${config[i]}" | grep "^[[:space:]]*session" | sed "s/^[[:space:]]*session[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*//") pid=$(cat ${session}/rtorrent.lock | awk -F: '{print($2)}' | sed "s/[^0-9]//g") # make sure the pid doesn't belong to another process # skip the pid otherwise if ps -A | grep ${pid}.*rtorrent > /dev/null ; then
kill -s INT ${pid}
fi
done
}

checkcnfg

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
d_start
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
d_stop
echo "."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
d_stop
sleep 1
d_start
echo "."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

from wherever to

sudo cp rtorrentInit.sh /etc/init.d/rtorrent

make sure that

ls -l /etc/init.d/rtorrent

returns

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3000 2007-03-06 22:40 /etc/init.d/rtorrent

next do

sudo update-rc.d rtorrent defaults

then restart the beauty

sudo /etc/init.d/rtorrent start