From 2b6ceab9d4498b662fd9a556418fa7972f0b0e4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stevie Robinson <stevie.robinson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:29:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed: Handling torrents with relative path in rTorrent

(cherry picked from commit 35d0e6a6f806c68756450a7d199600d7fb49d6c5)
---
 src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
index 0a2af3f03..97e42b9e5 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
@@ -137,12 +137,14 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.RTorrent
                 // Ignore torrents with an empty path
                 if (torrent.Path.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
                 {
+                    _logger.Warn("Torrent '{0}' has an empty download path and will not be processed. Adjust this to an absolute path in rTorrent", torrent.Name);
                     continue;
                 }
 
                 if (torrent.Path.StartsWith("."))
                 {
-                    throw new DownloadClientException("Download paths must be absolute. Please specify variable \"directory\" in rTorrent.");
+                    _logger.Warn("Torrent '{0}' has a download path starting with '.' and will not be processed. Adjust this to an absolute path in rTorrent", torrent.Name);
+                    continue;
                 }
 
                 var item = new DownloadClientItem();