Hellanzb
Hellanzb is a console based usenet binary downloader written in python. It can be run in daemon mode and several GUI or PHP frontends are available.
Contents
Main Features
- Automatically downloads nzb files placed in a user-specified watch directory.
- Par1/2 verification and repair of damaged files.
- Unrars completed downloads.
- Deletes unneeded files after a download has been completed.
Installing
Hellanzb is available in the AUR package hellanzbAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror].
Configuration
Hellanzb can be run in two modes:
- From CLI
- As daemon
hellanzb.conf
A configuration file named hellanzb.conf must be present in the users .config directory for hellanzb to function properly. A sample configuration file is available.
mkdir -p ~/.config cp /etc/hellanzb.conf.sample ~/.config/hellanzb.conf
/etc/conf.d/hellanzb
When run in daemon mode, the /etc/conf.d/hellanzb file needs to be modified to configure the user that will be running hellanzb
HELLANZB_USER="username" HELLANZB_CONF="/home/${HELLANZB_USER}/.config/hellanzb.conf"