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Importing existing torrents in WM

superphly edited this page Sep 10, 2014 · 9 revisions

You don't have to start anew when using WM. You can import your existing torrents in WM without a hassle. There is a script that does that. You can use it like that:

./manage.py import_external_what_torrent --base-dir "<<torrent data directory>>" "<<.torrent file>>"

WARNING: This will move your data from the old place to the new place. It runs sanity checks before actually moving data to WM's directory, so if you mess up the parameters, it will tell you and not explode the universe.

What it does is:

  1. Copy the torrent's data files in the appropriate directory. Like <download dir>/<torrent id>/<default torrent name>/....
  2. Add the torrents to WM. This will also write out the ReleaseInfo2.txt and .torrent file in the directory, for your reference (as with all other torrents).