run a command after torrent download is complete

[p014k]

I'd like to bump this thread. I'm sorry if this is not an acceptable practice, but I really can't find an answer anywhere.

[reed9]

Which torrent app are you using? Many of them have an option to run a script when the torrent finishes.

[p014k]

I'm really confused as to what happened. I thought I had bumped a thread and not made a new one.

Anyways, the question was how to run a command after a torrent download is completed in ktorrent.

Thanks

[reed9]

Your post was probably moved to its own thread by a mod.

I'm pretty sure you can with ktorrent. I'll check when I get home and get back to you.

[reed9]

Well, it seems incredible to me, but I couldn't figure out how to easily do this with ktorrent either. I don't usually use ktorrent so I'm not all that familiar with it, but there sure doesn't appear to be an easy method.

Can I suggest qbittorrent? It's qt so will integrate nicely with KDE themes, and if name dropping helps, the infamous AlienBob uses it. Plus it supports this feature.

[p014k]

I downloaded qbittorrent, but I can't seem to find the option to run a command after the torrent is completed. To be more specific I want to run a command-line command as if I were in terminal after the torrent is completed downloading. I'd also like to be able to set this on a torrent-by-torrent basis, although a global basis would be a nice additional feature to have (but not necessary) Where is this feature located? Or can you recommend a torrent client that does this?

[reed9]

Go to Tools->Options->Downloads. The last item on that tab is "Run an external program on torrent completion". I'm not sure that you can set this on a torrent by torrent basis.

If it's a shell command, you might need to open a terminal to run the command. For example to open konsole and run a command you would do

konsole -e "command"