#!/bin/env python import os,sys import subprocess """ Creates a new torrent using mktorrent with some sensible defaults: --no-date Finds a README file and uses that as the comment Picks up a list of trackers from ~/.config/trackers.txt Run as create-new-torrent --any --other-options /path/to/directory Most common options you might want to overwrite are --output --name """ arguments = sys.argv del arguments[0] directory = sys.argv[-1] comment = None for file in ["README.txt", "readme.txt", "README.md", "readme.md", "README.nfo"]: file_path = directory + "/" + file if os.path.exists(file_path): with open(file_path, 'r') as f: comment = f.read() if !comment: print("Could not find a readme file in %s" % directory) tracker_file = os.path.expanduser('~/.config/trackers.txt') with open(tracker_file, 'r') as t: list = ["mktorrent"] + ["--announce=%s" % x for x in t.read().split("\n")] + ['--no-date'] if comment: list+=["--comment=\"%s\""%comment] list += arguments subprocess.run(args=list)