Blocklist downloader
Quite a few softwares utilizes blocklist in bluetack format. I’m using blocklist for my bittorrent applications and needed an easy way of downloading and unpacking the blocklist. Call me lazy if you like. Wrote a simple script to download the blocklist and unpack it.
Download: blocklist-downloader.sh
#!/ffp/bin/sh
#######################################
# Blocklist downloader
# Author: shadowandy.sg[AT]gmail.com
# Web: http://www.shadowandy.net
######################################### Setting the path
DOWNLOAD_DEST=/mnt/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon/blocklists##### You should not need to edit anything below #####
cd ${DOWNLOAD_DEST}
# backing up existing blocklist (if any)
for blocklist in “level1″ “level1.bin”
do
if test -f ${blocklist}; then
echo “Backing up ${blocklist}…”
mv -f ${blocklist} ${blocklist}.bak
fi
done
# downloading the blocklist
echo “Downloading new blocklist…”
curl –silent http://download.m0k.org/transmission/files/level1.gz > level1.gz
echo “Unpacking new blocklist…”
gunzip level1.gz
echo “Done. Blocklist downloaded and unpacked to ${DOWNLOAD_DEST}”
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o.O looks like someone is already in holiday mood.. haha!
kev,
Nah! Need to work hard! Just taking a break by writing something. lolx
Great work! Would suggest that you might want to add the portion whereby to specific the -b option in transmission.sh.
Cheers
incom,
Yeap. I think your suggestion is great. Will do it.
[...] can use blocklist downloader to download the latest bluetack blocklist. Do run blocklist downloader before starting transmission [...]