need some more clarity for using linkdir and linkdata options to search for torrents based on downloads

[goffy59]

I am simply not sure how to use this feature and there website doesn't really provide any good references or examples as to how this is to be used. If I can't use it in daemon mode, how do I run it and what directories for example do I need to add to my container and then what setting do i use in the config for that said directory? I have a lot more questions than answers and if i search here on github or google I dont find much in regards to this new feature. The new feature seems amazing but i just have no idea how to really use it. Does anyone have any examples such as their config or their docker run command /etc?

[swannie-eire]

I am also interested to know this.

[zakkarry]

https://www.cross-seed.org/docs/tutorials/data-based-matching

#465 (comment) - good writeup by another user too

deluge bash script

• execute plugin with path to bash script as script to run "/path/to/script.sh'
• will need to restart deluge after enabling execute "complete" script

#!/bin/bash
torrentid=$1
torrentname=$2
torrentpath=$3
curl -XPOST http://localhost:2468/api/webhook --data-urlencode "path=$torrentpath/$torrentname"

qbittorrent

• add this to on execute in options

curl -XPOST http://localhost:2468/api/webhook --data-urlencode "path=%F"

config

• matchMode is "risky" or "safe" - depending on your indexers consistency
• linkType is dependant on your setup functioning with the type of linking

matchMode: "risky",
skipRecheck: false,
linkType: "hardlink",
linkDir: "/media/+CROSS+",
dataDirs: [
"/media/+UNSORTED+"
],

[goffy59]

Well unfortunately with the changes to Qbittorrent and no I wont go back (sqlite is amazingly better), it still wont work. I Havent been using cross-seed for months due to this. Would love to try it again but i wont use another torrent client and I wont turn off sqlite. :( Thanks for your efforts though, it may just help someone else.

[zakkarry]

I wasn't proposing that you switch clients, I offered you both a qbittorrent and deluge method for doing this.

Did you miss the second heading labeled "qbittorrent" ?

[goffy59]

Awhile back before I submitted this Qbittorrent switched to SQLITE for its torrent DB which has effected cross-seeds way of interacting with the program. I still find your answer totally legit and valuable but Qbittorrent changed some things. PLease correct me if I am wrong. :(

[zakkarry]

I'm not running the latest version of qbittorrent, so I'm not familiar.

Alternatively, you could save a copy of all torrents to a directory in qbittorrent, and use that as your torrentDir - although I'm unsure what you would do about the current torrents.

There are scripts and methods to export your currently seeded torrents, however none are one-click as far as I'm aware.