Configuring Transmission needs a HowTo

Toast · 2 November 2015 12:22

@raspdealer there will be more clients added later on focus is on other things at the moment so please be patient // Regards Toast

as for the settings.json it doesnt need a howto it has a perfectly good wiki on every option

github.com

transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Editing-Configuration-Files.md

It is not always possible to set all configurations from the GUI, especially for the daemon or the web interface. This guide will try to give an overview of how and what you can change. For the location of these files, look at the [Configuration Files](Configuration-Files.md) page.

Note: The client _should_ be closed before making changes, otherwise settings will be reverted to their previous state.

Some of Transmission's behavior can also be customized via environment variables.

# GTK / Daemon / CLI
### Overview
GTK, CLI and daemon (both on a Mac and Linux) use a [JSON](https://www.json.org/) formatted file, mainly because of its human readability.
(Consult the [JSON website](https://www.json.org/) for detailed information)

### Reload Settings
You can make the daemon reload the settings file by sending it the `SIGHUP` signal.
Or simply run either of the following commands:
```console
$ killall -HUP transmission-daemon
```
Or:
```console
$ pkill -HUP transmission-daemon

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