threadwatcher

A simple bash script to watch over currently running threads and downloads new media with appropriate names. MD5 checks are implemented to safe-guard against corrupted files.

This script relies mainly on dmenu for interactions.

threadwatcher [add URL DL_LOCATION] [list] [edit] [clean]

add URL DL_LOCATION
	downloads specified thread to given location. Paths can be relative to \$HOME or absolute.
list	lists all currently watched URLs and where they are downloading to
edit	open threads file in \$EDITOR/vim to manually edit.
clean	deletes threads file. This will not delete already downloaded material.
prune	manually prune list of threads. Deletes all finished threads from list.
dedupe	[DIR]
	remove all duplicate files from current download directories. (Comparing sha512 sums)
	If no DIR is given, will check all currently downloading directories.
help	display this help and exit.

Installation

AUR

threadwatcher is in the AUR! Using your favorite AUR package manager, paru for example, it's a simple

paru -S threadwatcher

This is the recommended installation version for Arch-based distros.

From Source

As the Makefile might suggest, it's

git clone https://github.com/AlexBocken/threadwatcher
cd threadwatcher
make install

root privileges are required for the default install location. If issues with running the program persist, first check the "Requirements" section below.

Environment variables

There are some environment variables which can be set to change threadwatchers behaviour:

variable name	explanation	default
TW_THREADWATCHER_DIR	sets location of file with list of threads	${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/threadwatcher
TW_AUTOPRUNE	delete threads out of list if nothing can be found on scan. (Can result in wrong behaviour with unreliable internet connections)	true
TW_AUTODEDUPE	remove duplicates automatically after each scan. (Using sha521 sums)	false

Requirements

Besides the obvious stuff for shell scripts like sed,awk,grep and other base-devel programs, this script relies on jq and, of course, dmenu (now only optionally relies on dmenu). Make sure these programs are installed.

TODO

[ ] differentiate between thread complete and 4chan down (curl error codes don't work because of cloudflare)