commit aec3e8b37c65d551a2dfa113b5fea4758aef471b Author: Arturo Filastò <art@fuffa.org> Date: Tue Jan 8 21:00:31 2013 +0100 Add ability to specify the Tor data directory from the config file --- ooni/runner.py | 6 ++++++ ooniprobe.conf.sample | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/ooni/runner.py b/ooni/runner.py index b9deedc..1a7e629 100644 --- a/ooni/runner.py +++ b/ooni/runner.py @@ -528,6 +528,12 @@ def startTor(): tor_config.SocksPort = socks_port config.tor.socks_port = socks_port + if config.tor.data_dir: + if not os.path.exists(config.tor.data_dir): + log.msg("%s does not exist. Creating it." % config.tor.data_dir) + os.makedirs(config.tor.data_dir) + tor_config.DataDirectory = os.path.expanduser(config.tor.data_dir) + tor_config.save() log.debug("Setting control port as %s" % tor_config.ControlPort) diff --git a/ooniprobe.conf.sample b/ooniprobe.conf.sample index ed77dfe..a2f1c5b 100644 --- a/ooniprobe.conf.sample +++ b/ooniprobe.conf.sample @@ -35,4 +35,8 @@ tor: #control_port: 9051 # Specify the absolute path to the Tor bridges to use for testing bridges: bridges.list + # Specify path of the tor datadirectory. + # This should be set to something to avoid having Tor download each time + # the descriptors and consensus data. + data_dir: ~/.tor/