Bittornado does not allow files that starts with a dot to be downloaded

Bittornado does not allow files that starts with a dot to be downloaded

The error

error: got bad file info – path .message disallowed for security reasons

The problem

The problem is BitTornado specific. I use Torrentflux which uses BitTornado client.
Bittornado does not allow files that starts with a dot to be downloaded. It was designed for security in Windows versions. I use Linux and so it is not so much of a problem.

The solution

Edit the /BitTornado/BT1/btformats.py file (usually it resides under your flux directory)
Locate reg = compile(r’^[^/\\.~][^/\\]*$’)
and changed to reg = compile(r’^[^/\\~][^/\\]*$’)
The dot was removed.

Case closed