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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) Martijn Voncken 2008 <mvoncken@gmail.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, write to:
+#     The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+#     Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#  library.
+#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
+
+import sys, pickle , shutil , os
+from deluge.ui.client import sclient
+
+options = {
+    "new_torrents_dir" :"~/torrents06",
+    "state05":"~/.config/deluge/persistent.state",
+    "all_paused":True
+}
+
+#start : http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/286203
+def makeFakeClass(module, name):
+    class FakeThing(object):
+        pass
+    FakeThing.__name__ = name
+    FakeThing.__module__ = '(fake)' + module
+    return FakeThing
+
+class PickleUpgrader(pickle.Unpickler):
+    def find_class(self, module, cname):
+        # Pickle tries to load a couple things like copy_reg and
+        # __builtin__.object even though a pickle file doesn't
+        # explicitly reference them (afaict): allow them to be loaded
+        # normally.
+        if module in ('copy_reg', '__builtin__'):
+            thing = pickle.Unpickler.find_class(self, module, cname)
+            return thing
+        return makeFakeClass(module, cname)
+# end: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/286203
+
+def load_05(state_05_file, new_torrent_dir,all_paused):
+    state5 = PickleUpgrader(open(state_05_file)).load()
+    for torrent in state5.torrents:
+        #print [x for x in dir(torrent) if not x.startswith("_")]
+        print "file:%s, save_dir:%s, compact:%s, paused:%s " % (torrent.filename,torrent.save_dir,torrent.compact,torrent.user_paused)
+
+        new_file = os.path.join(new_torrent_dir,os.path.basename(torrent.filename))
+        print "copy" ,torrent.filename , new_file
+        shutil.copyfile(torrent.filename , new_file)
+
+        sclient.add_torrent_file([torrent.filename],[{
+            "add_paused" : (all_paused or torrent.user_paused),
+            "compact_allocation":torrent.compact,
+            "download_location":torrent.save_dir
+        }])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sclient.set_core_uri()
+    new_torrents_dir = os.path.expanduser(options["new_torrents_dir"])
+    state_05_file = os.path.expanduser(options['state05']);
+    load_05(state_05_file, new_torrents_dir, options["all_paused"])
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