Auto-remove after X time script

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teambritta
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Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 8:17 am

Auto-remove after X time script

Post by teambritta »

Hi all,

Wrote this script for a communal Transmission instance.

Our process is anyone can add a torrent, but they do not remove it upon completion. Instead they have to copy it another location (either their PC or another shared location) and leave it there for anyone else to get a copy. After the download is 10 days old, it is deleted.

Improvements needed:

I'm not sure why, but I wasn't able to generalise the call to transmission-remote with authentication, so if you don't have authentication you'll need to get rid of any instance of "-n $USER:$PASS" (lines 23, 29 and 54)

It works best in conjunction with cron!

Requirements:
  • Transmission 2.03 (should work on others?)
    Shell with GNU Extensions (for + regex operator)

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#!/bin/sh

# Automatically remove a torrent and delete its data after a specified period of
# time (in seconds).

TARGET=This is where you put your completed torrents.
USER=Username
PASS=Password
BIN="/usr/bin/transmission-remote"

# The default is 10 days (in seconds).
CUTOFF=`expr 86400 \* 10`

##############################################
### You shouldn't need to edit below here. ###
##############################################

# Tokenise over newlines instead of spaces.
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS="
"

for ENTRY in `$BIN -n $USER:$PASS -l | grep 100%.*Done.*Finished`; do

    # Pull the ID out of the listing.
    ID=`echo $ENTRY | sed "s/^ *//g" | sed "s/ *100%.*//g"`

    # Determine the name of the downloaded file/folder.
    NAME=`$BIN -n $USER:$PASS -t $ID -f | head -1 |\
         sed "s/ ([0-9]\+ files)://g"`

    # If it's a folder, find the last modified file and its modification time.
    if [ -d "$TARGET/$NAME" ]; then
        LASTMODIFIED=0
        for FILE in `find $TARGET/$NAME`; do
             AGE=`stat "$FILE" -c%Y`
             if [ $AGE -gt $LASTMODIFIED ]; then
                 LASTMODIFIED=$AGE
             fi
        done

    # Otherwise, just get the modified time.
    else
        LASTMODIFIED=`stat "$TARGET/$NAME" -c%Y`
    fi

    TIME=`date +%s`
    DIFF=`expr $TIME - $LASTMODIFIED`

    # Remove the torrent if its older than the CUTOFF.
    if [ $DIFF -gt $CUTOFF ]; then
        date
        echo "Removing $NAME with ID:$ID"
        $BIN -n $USER:$PASS -t $ID --remove-and-delete
    fi

done

IFS=$OLDIFS
ZaPHoN
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Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:54 pm

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by ZaPHoN »

I keep getting a invalid syntax in the Target path.

In Terminal:

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python /home/mario/Downloads/scripttest/timenuke.sh
Result:

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File "/home/mario/Downloads/scripttest/timenuke.sh", line 6
    TARGET=/home/mario/Downloads/complete
           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
teambritta
Posts: 2
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 8:17 am

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by teambritta »

Hi ZePHoN,

You're having this issue because this is a shell scritpt, not python.

Here are two ways to run it:

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sh /path/to/script/timenuke.sh
OR

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chmod +x /path/to/script/timenuke.sh
/path/to/script/timenuke.sh
Cheers,

Team Britta
ZaPHoN
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Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:54 pm

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by ZaPHoN »

Ahhh Thank you so much. I'll try.

Now I get this:

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sh /home/mario/Downloads/scripttest/timenuke.sh
/home/mario/Downloads/scripttest/timenuke.sh: 57: /usr/bin/transmission-remote: not found
It seems that with the defalut install of the Transmission GTK there is no transmission-remote located in:

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BIN="/usr/bin/transmission-remote"
Can I simply install transmission remote through synaptic or get rid of the GTK which I have no use for anyway since I'll be accessing this machine remotely through web anyway?
blacke4dawn
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Joined: Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:44 pm

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by blacke4dawn »

I believe that transmission-remote is packaged together with the daemon version among the deb-packages.
berkz
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Joined: Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:27 pm

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by berkz »

Hey man this script is excactly what i've been looking for. Any chance there is a mac os x friendly version? The Gnu extensions won't work in a standar mac os x shell.
asensio
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Joined: Thu May 30, 2013 5:02 am

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by asensio »

Hi,
sorry to re-open a year old topic, but...

I only want to delete the torrent from the queue after a period of time, not its downloaded data. Is it possible to do it just by editing the line 54?

from

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$BIN -n $USER:$PASS -t $ID --remove-and-delete

to

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$BIN -n $USER:$PASS -t $ID --remove
and...
I have my series organized like this (i'm using flexget):
/path/to/serie1
/path/to/serie2
/path/to/serie3
...

the script "looks" inside each folder or just the TARGET?

Thank you,
Cheers
Remage
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Joined: Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:00 am

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by Remage »

So I found this had issues if I used things like Sonarr and used a subdirectory etc... I made a update to this script that works properly with Sonarr/Radarr & setting a category. I didn't set a user name etc... because I run this as a cron job daily, but it can be altered to use login like the original script.

I'm sure there are other scripts that work better but this worked well enough for me.

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#!/bin/sh

# Automatically remove a torrent and delete its data after a specified period of
# time (in seconds).

TARGET=This is where you put your completed torrents.
BIN="/usr/bin/transmission-remote"

# The default is 10 days (in seconds).
CUTOFF=`expr 86400 \* 10`

##############################################
### You shouldn't need to edit below here. ###
##############################################

# Tokenise over newlines instead of spaces.
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS="
"

for ENTRY in `$BIN -l | grep 100%`; do

    # Pull the ID out of the listing.
    ID=`echo $ENTRY | sed "s/^ *//g" | sed "s/ *100%.*//g"`
	
    # Determine the name of the downloaded file/folder.
    NAME=`$BIN -t $ID -f | head -1 |\
         sed "s/ ([0-9]\+ files)://g"`
    # If it's a folder, find the last modified file and its modification time.
    if [ -d "$TARGET/$NAME" ]; then
        LASTMODIFIED=0

        for FILE in `find $TARGET -name $NAME`; do
             AGE=`stat "$FILE" -c%Y`
             if [ $AGE -gt $LASTMODIFIED ]; then
                 LASTMODIFIED=$AGE
             fi
        done

    # Otherwise, just get the modified time.
    else
	FILE1=`find $TARGET -name $NAME`
        LASTMODIFIED=`stat "$FILE1" -c%Y`
    fi

    TIME=`date +%s`
    DIFF=`expr $TIME - $LASTMODIFIED`
    # Remove the torrent if its older than the CUTOFF.
    if [ $DIFF -gt $CUTOFF ]; then
        echo "Removing $NAME with ID:$ID"
        $BIN -t $ID --remove-and-delete
    fi

done

IFS=$OLDIFS
Pacho
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Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by Pacho »

Hi guys

Sorry for invading on the thread, is there anyway to do this on a Mac osx running transmission as well??

I have both the gui and the terminal version!

I just really want a script that can remove torrents in the program after a set amount of days...
damdim
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Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:13 am

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by damdim »

Hi all. I tried the previous script in a QNAP NAS, and I couldn't make it work. Mainly I think, because I use multiple folders for completed torrents, and I only wanted it to take effect on a specific one. So I fiddle around and I modified it, to suit my situation. It uses the "Seeding Time" of the torrent info, and doesn't check the timestamps of the files. If you find a bug or have a suggestion, please post it. The script is checked with transmission 2.94 only.

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#!/bin/sh

# Automatically remove a torrent and delete its data after a specified period of
# time (in seconds).

# The target folder of completed torrents
TARGET="/share/Torrents/Downloaded"

# The executable with the passing arguments (I use a custom port)
BIN="/opt/bin/transmission-remote 127.0.0.1:49091 -n user:pass"

# The maximum seeding time in seconds
CUTOFF=2592000

# Get the list of torrents IDs
TORRENTLIST=`$BIN -l | sed -e '1d' -e '$d' | awk '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*//g'`

# Loop for every torrent
	for ID in $TORRENTLIST
	do
    	
    	# Get Torrent name
    	TORRENTNAME=`$BIN -t $ID -i | grep "Name:" | cut -c 9-`
    	
    	# Determine the location  of the torrent.
    	DOWNPATH=`$BIN -t $ID -i | grep "Location:" | cut -c 13-`
    	
    	# Determine the seeding time  of the torrent.
    	SEEDTIME=`$BIN -t $ID -i | grep "Seeding Time" | cut -d "(" -f 2 | cut -c -5`
    	
    	# Check if Location=Target and Seeding Time is bigger than cutoff and remove torrent
   		if [ "$DOWNPATH" == "$TARGET" -a $SEEDTIME -gt $CUTOFF ]; then
    			echo "Removing $TORRENTNAME"
    			$BIN -t $ID --remove-and-delete
		else
    			echo "Not Removing $TORRENTNAME"
		fi
	done
damdim
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Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by damdim »

I played a little with sed and made some changes to the script

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#!/bin/sh

# Automatically remove a torrent and delete its data after a specified period of
# time (in seconds).

TARGET="/share/Torrents/Downloaded"
BIN="/opt/bin/transmission-remote 127.0.0.1:49091 -n user:pass"

#(in seconds).
CUTOFF=5184000

TORRENTLIST=`$BIN -l | sed -e '1d' -e '$d' | awk '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*//g'`

for ID in $TORRENTLIST
do
    # Get Torrent name
    TORRENTNAME=`$BIN -t $ID -i | grep "Name:" | sed 's/.*Name: \(.*\)/\1/'`
    # Determine the location  of the torrent.
    DOWNPATH=`$BIN -t $ID -i | grep "Location:" | sed 's/.*Location: \(.*\)/\1/'`
    # Determine the seeding time  of the torrent.
    SEEDTIME=`$BIN -t $ID -i | grep "Seeding Time" | sed 's/.*(\(.*\) seconds)/\1/'`
    # Check if Location=Target and Seeding Time is bigger than cutoff and remove torrent
  # if [ "$DOWNPATH" == "$TARGET" -a $SEEDTIME -gt $CUTOFF ]; then
        if [ "$DOWNPATH" == "$TARGET" ]; then
          if [ $SEEDTIME -gt $CUTOFF ]; then
            echo -e "\033[0;31mRemoving $TORRENTNAME because Location is $DOWNPATH and Seeding Time is $SEEDTIME seconds\033[0m"
            $BIN -t $ID --remove-and-delete
          else
            echo -e "\033[0;32mNOT Removing $TORRENTNAME because Seeding Time is $SEEDTIME seconds\033[0m"
          fi
        else
        echo -e "\033[0;33mNOT Removing $TORRENTNAME because Location is $DOWNPATH\033[0m"
        fi
done
luizbird
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Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:18 pm

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by luizbird »

Hello.

I'm trying to implement this script but I keep getting errors.

What should be the "BIN" folder when the transmission is running on Docker?

Also, for the TARGET folder, I'm getting "Permission denied"..
Murph1y
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Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:07 am

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by Murph1y »

I am trying to add for the custom extension file conditions but it is not working. Is there any solution?
ghdsports
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Joined: Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:17 pm

Re: Auto-remove after X time script

Post by ghdsports »

1

After trying to use these examples, I hit a couple of issues:

The comparison operator should be greater than, not less than
filemtime returns the modified time. filectime is the time when a file's inode data is changed; that is, when the permissions, owner, group, or other metadata from the inode is updated, which may lead to unexpected results
I changed the example to use filemtime and fixed the comparison as follows:

<?php
$path = dirname(__FILE__).'/files';
if ($handle = opendir($path)) {

while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ((time()-filemtime($path.'/'.$file)) > 86400) { // 86400 = 60*60*24
if (preg_match('/\.txt$/i', $file)) {
unlink($path.'/'.$file);
}
}
}
}
?>
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