MAGNET files

[adelphiaUK]

I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 but I would imagine this is applicable to all platforms, just in differet guises.

In the documentation, it states that if you change the "Download" folder within the apps UI, it changes where MAGET/torrent files are stored. But it doesn't. It continues to store them in "~/.config/deluge/state", which I would like to change.

I have a specific folder for my torrent files setup because if the system needs to be rebuilt (I'm running a VM), the aforementioned files in the "~/.config/deluge/state" folder are gone forever.

I know you can download torrent files directly, which gives you the option where to download them to, but this doesn't work with MAGNET links and without using them the association of MAGNET files is meaningless and removes the convenience of them.

So, my question is, where do I, or even can I, change the folder where MAGNET/torrent files are stored, rather than the default "~/.config/deluge/state" folder?

[ambipro]

I think you are confusing the cient's state/configuration folders for the actual files that are being downloaded _from_ the torrents.

Would you also please point to the documentation that you are referring to?

The files in the state folder are basically "reference" .torrent files for the client to keep track of which files are downloading/seeding/etc in the client, as well as a .state file and a .fastresume file. These are configuration files, while the data will be placed wherever the downloads folder is set.

If you are trying to move the configuration folder, you can do so by using the -c parameter when launching Deluge, but it will move the entire configuration directory and not just the state folder.