#2395·aria2

[Question] Can the exact same DHT file be safely used by different `aria2c` running processes?

Author: ElenaKayCreated Aug 29, 2026Updated Aug 30, 2026

Imagine we want to download a hypothetical torrent named A.torrent by the command below:

aria2c --dht-file-path=/some/dht-ip4.dat A.torrent

Later, we decide to download another hypothetical torrent named B.torrent -- and we want to use the exact same DHT file as above:

aria2c --dht-file-path=/some/dht-ip4.dat B.torrent

Now, does the /some/dht-ip4.dat get actually corrupted by being shared between multiple processes?