Rtorrent: [Feature Request] enable torrent renaming via d.set_name=

[nikil]

Currently there is no way to rename a torrent in rtorrent, which is a common operation in almost every other torrent client. There is a already d.get_name command available; one way to allow torrent renaming is to enable a d.set_name command.

[JamesTheAwesomeDude]

FWIW:

• Deluge implements this in deluge/core/torrent.py:Torrent.rename_files(); this could provide useful for studying an existing working implementation
• The function is defined in libtorrent's src/torrent_handle.cpp; see include/libtorrent/torrent_handle.hpp for the API

The upside is, most of the "heavy lifting" here is done by libtorrent itself; the only coding that needs to be done from _this_ side of the code is accommodation for the state change.

[pyroscope]

different libtorrent, so not really relevant

[drzraf]

In eMule you can just do whatever you want with your filename/filepath. Reindexing happens, an ed2k hash is computed and the file unique identity (and individual chunks) are back to seed.
While torrents too are based on hash, why is still so sensitive to filenames? Isn't just possible to re-index and seed based on hashes?

[pyroscope]

@drzraf no. read the BitTorrentSpecification if you want to know why.

[drzraf]

There are 2 references to _filepath_ and 3 to _filename_, none to _rename_and didn't see an explanation. Would you mind indicating which section you're referring to?