From f8e2d6253f0e5624385ab161a194998d4c4c2deb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: a10kiloham <295361+a10kiloham@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:17:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Created Reverse symlink script for Connect (markdown)

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+Slightly updated from the Radarr version this works well if you wish to keep seeding torrents however archive them on a device across the network like a NAS. 
+Copy this to a folder reachable in your Docker config if necessary (i.e., create a config/connect folder) name whatever you like and ensure you chmod 777 so no issues running.
+For those running with combined Torrent and Usenet downloaders it's helpful to create a 'torrent' tag for this script and also shows that are torrent eligible - this works for more obscure shows where you'd wan to minimize torrent use.
+
+```
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PERMPATH="$sonarr_episodefile_path"
+LINKPATH="$sonarr_episodefile_sourcepath"
+
+if [[ -f "$LINKPATH" ]]; then
+    sleep 1
+else
+    exit 0
+    # changed from Radarr as Sonarr fails on test unless exit normally
+fi
+
+ORIGFILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$LINKPATH")
+PERMFILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$PERMPATH")
+
+sleep 30
+
+while [[ $PERMFILESIZE != $ORIGFILESIZE ]]; do
+    sleep 60
+    PERMFILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$PERMPATH")
+done
+
+if [[ $PERMFILESIZE == $ORIGFILESIZE ]]; then
+    # Save current time stamps to prevent radarr from identifying our simlink as new, and double-processing it
+    LINKDIR=$(dirname "$LINKPATH")
+    FOLDER_DATE=$(date -r "$LINKDIR" +@%s.%N)
+    FILE_DATE=$(date -r "$LINKPATH" +@%s.%N)
+
+    rm "$LINKPATH"
+    ln -s "$PERMPATH" "$LINKPATH"
+
+    touch --no-create --no-dereference  --date "$FILE_DATE" "$LINKPATH"
+    touch --no-create --no-dereference  --date "$FILE_DATE" "$PERMPATH"
+    touch --no-create --no-dereference  --date "$FOLDER_DATE" "$LINKDIR"
+fi
+```
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