[SOLVED] Transmission watch-dir

[bixtool]

I'd like to setup automatically adding torrents from a watched directory in Transmission on my Vortexbox. This option is not available from the web gui.
Can someone explain how I can enable and set the watch-dir for new torrents in Transmission on Vortexbox? Where are the config files for transmission located?
tks
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[divreg]

Try adding

    "watch-dir": "\/path\/to\/watched\/directory\/", 
    "watch-dir-enabled": true

in

/var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission/settings.json

where "\/path\/to\/watched\/directory\/" could be "\/storage\/downloads\/torrents\/". Make sure tailing commas are appropriately placed.

[bixtool]

Hey
Thanks for the quick response. That code looks promising. I edited the settings.json as you indicated, but my changes disappeared on reboot. I guess I'm missing something. Any thoughts?

[divreg]

Try it again, but first stop the transmission daemon:

 systemctl stop transmission-daemon.service

Edit the config file as in post #2, and restarting the service:

 systemctl start transmission-daemon.service

Also describe the text editor you're using and how you are saving the .json file.

[bixtool]

Thanks once again. I will try that approach after work today.

I googled editors for Fedora; so I used: vi /var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission/settings.json
I saved the file when I had finished inserting the code by :x
Was that correct?

[divreg]

That's correct use of vim commands.

[bixtool]

Thanks Divreg,
Your solution worked perfectly.