Configuration directory
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In Azureus's configuration directory, there are several files stored. Here's a brief description of what they are (which is useful if you want to know what to keep and what to delete). If you are using a recent version of Azureus, you can go to Tools -> Options -> Files and there will be a link to the configuration directory at the bottom of the screen. See: UG_Options#Files_options
Location
Default config path is OS-dependant:
- Under Unix, this usually is ~/.azureus/
- Under Mac OS X, this usually is "/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Azureus/"
- Under Windows, this usually is %appdata%\Azureus\
- With XP and earlier, %appdata% corresponds usually to C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data
- With Vista and later, %appdata% corresponds usually to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming
- Please note that the user's Windows profile directory %appdata% is hidden by default, and you have to enable seeing hidden files in Windows Explorer in order to see the directory.
Contents
Note: not complete
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| active | Directory | Contains information for every download that Azureus is currently managing. Each download will have a file of hashid.dat, which is essentially a copy of the torrent file used to create it, plus other values stored alongside for that particular download (created by Azureus and plugins). 1 |
| debug | Directory | This directory is used to store screenshots, logs and other information when you choose to generate a debug report. |
| dht | Directory | DHT stuff, I guess. |
| logs | Directory | Contains text files containing logs relating to different parts of Azureus. If you select "Generate debug info" from Help menu, the generated debug.zip file will include the log files here and will be created here. |
| plugins | Directory | Stores the plugin files which have been installed for your user only (rather than for all users). |
| azureus.config | Bencoded file | Stores all the main settings used by Azureus. Some plugins will also store data here too. |
| azureus.statistics | Bencoded file | Stores a count of how many bytes you have downloaded and uploaded. |
| banips.config | Bencoded file | Stores information about banned IPs (related to IP filters). |
| categories.config | Bencoded file | Stores information about each category you currently have configured. |
| devices.config | Bencoded file | Stores information about devices. |
| downloads.config | Bencoded file | Stores information about every download you currently have in Azureus. Some minimal information will be stored in here about each download, the majority of information for each download will be in the corresponding file in the active directory. |
| filters.config | Bencoded file | Stores information about the IP filters you have set up. Related files include: ipfilter.dl, ipfilter.ext and ipfilter.cache |
| friends.config | Bencoded file | Stores information about friends (if you use the azbuddy/friends functionality) |
| tables.config | Bencoded file | Stores information about layout and column setup of tables. |
Notes
Note 1: If you want to add all active torrents back into Azureus, you should copy across the active directory to your new configuration directory. If you aren't able to add your torrents back in from the location that you saved your torrents to, then you can always copy the .dat files from active directory across to a temporary directory, rename them from *.dat to *.torrent and drag them into Azureus. If all goes well, Azureus will match the hash ID stored in the renamed *.dat file, and then load up all the previous settings related to that download from the *.dat file in the active directory.
