private void SetupTorrentWatcher()
{
watcher = new GatorShare.Services.BitTorrent.TorrentFolderWatcher(Path.GetFullPath(TORRENT_DIR), "*.torrent");
watcher.TorrentFound += delegate(object sender, TorrentWatcherEventArgs e) {
try {
// This is a hack to work around the issue where a file triggers the event
// before it has finished copying. As the filesystem still has an exclusive lock
// on the file, monotorrent can't access the file and throws an exception.
// The best way to handle this depends on the actual application.
// Generally the solution is: Wait a few hundred milliseconds
// then try load the file.
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
Torrent t = Torrent.Load(e.TorrentPath);
// There is also a predefined 'InfoHashTrackable' MonoTorrent.Tracker which
// just stores the infohash and name of the torrent. This is all that the tracker
// needs to run. So if you want an ITrackable that "just works", then use InfoHashTrackable.
// ITrackable trackable = new InfoHashTrackable(t);
ITrackable trackable = new CustomITrackable(t);
lock (tracker)
tracker.Add(trackable);
} catch (Exception ex) {
Debug.WriteLine("Error loading torrent from disk: {0}", ex.Message);
Debug.WriteLine("Stacktrace: {0}", ex.ToString());
}
};
watcher.Start();
watcher.ForceScan();
}
private void SetupTorrentWatcher()
{
watcher = new TorrentFolderWatcher(Path.GetFullPath(TORRENT_DIR), "*.torrent");
watcher.TorrentFound += delegate(object sender, TorrentWatcherEventArgs e)
{
try
{
// This is a hack to work around the issue where a file triggers the event
// before it has finished copying. As the filesystem still has an exclusive lock
// on the file, monotorrent can't access the file and throws an exception.
// The best way to handle this depends on the actual application.
// Generally the solution is: Wait a few hundred milliseconds
// then try load the file.
Thread.Sleep(500);
var t = Torrent.Load(e.TorrentPath);
// There is also a predefined 'InfoHashTrackable' MonoTorrent.Tracker which
// just stores the infohash and name of the torrent. This is all that the tracker
// needs to run. So if you want an ITrackable that "just works", then use InfoHashTrackable.
// ITrackable trackable = new InfoHashTrackable(t);
ITrackable trackable = new CustomITrackable(t);
// The lock is here because the TorrentFound event is asyncronous and I have
// to ensure that only 1 thread access the tracker at the same time.
lock (tracker)
tracker.Add(trackable);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Error loading torrent from disk: {0}", ex.Message);
Debug.WriteLine("Stacktrace: {0}", ex.ToString());
}
};
watcher.Start();
watcher.ForceScan();
}