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How to associate .torrent files with utorrent server?

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I just installed µTorrent Server for Ubuntu 12.04 (3.3 build 30470) using this step by step guide How to install utorrent step by step? and it works just fine.

Now I want to start a torrent just by double-clicking the .torrent file.

To do this I need to create an association with utserver. The problem is that utserver doesn't have a .desktop file that I can edit in order to make the association.

Any ideas on how to do this?

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answered 2 Years ago hergy · Accepted Answer

My little ponyhack

Create directory for torrents:
```
mkdir ~/torrents
```

Add this as autoload directory:

Create script torrent-utserver.sh and place it in /usr/local/bin:

#!/bin/bash

# little helper script

mv "$@" ~/torrents

Change permissions to execute

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/torrent-utserver.sh

Associate *.torrent files to this script

Voila! It should work.