transmission-torrent-remove-script

Script to remove torrents after a period of time. Originally based off of this example in the Transmission Forum.

Requirements

• Requires the AWS CLI V2 to be installed and configured for email notification of deleted torrents

Setup

1. Download the script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/islandskater43/transmission-torrent-remove-script/main/transmission-delete-files.sh

2. Configure the variables in the script for your system
3. Make the script executable

chmod u+x transmission-delete-files.sh

4. Run a test run

sh transmission-delete-files.sh

5. If all looks good, change the DRYRUN flag to false to enable the script to call transmission to remove-and-delete.
6. Configure in crontab

crontab -e

Add the following to trigger the script to run hourly - customize as you see fit.

0 * * * * /path/to/transmission-delete-files.sh

Additional Resources

• AWS SES send-email documentation - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ses/send-email.html
• Downloading AWS CLI V2 on a Raspberry Pi - https://luther.io/articles/aws-cli-on-rpi/