Sajnos már nem jön be a script fájl, de ez is megoldja, ha serviceként is él az rtorrent:
#!/bin/sh
SERVICE=rtorrent;
if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep $SERVICE > /dev/null
then
echo "$SERVICE service running, everything is fine"
else
echo "$SERVICE is not running"
echo "$SERVICE is not running!" | service $SERVICE restart
fi