NAME
transmissioncli - a lightweight bittorrent
client
SYNOPSIS
transmissioncli -words [-h ]
[-i torrent-file ] [-s torrent-file ]
[-v level ] [-p port ] [-u
upload-rate ] [-u download-rate ] [-f
script ]
DESCRIPTION
The transmissioncli program is a
lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with scripting
capabilities. The options are as follows:
- -h, --help
- Prints a short usage summary.
- -i, --info torrent-file
- Shows information from the specified torrent file, such as the
cryptographic hash, the tracker, announcement, file size and file
name.
- -s, -scrape torrent-file
- Prints the number of seeders and leechers for the specified
torrent file, and exits.
- -v, -verbose level
- Sets debugging options. The current range is 0-2, with the
highest level producing the most output. The default is 0.
- -p, -port port
- Specifies an alternate port for the client to listen on. The
default is 9090.
- -u, -upload upload-rate
- Specifies the maximum upload rate in kB/s, which defaults to
20. The level -1 may be used for unlimited uploads.
- -d, -download download-rate
- Specifies the maximum download rate in kB/s, which defaults to
-1 for no download limit.
- -f, -finish script
- Specifies a shell script to be executed upon successful
download.
FILES
~/.transmission
Directory where transmissioncli keeps torrent information
for future seeding and resume operations.
AUTHORS
The transmissioncli program was written by
An -nosplit An Eric Petit Aq titer@m0k.org An Josh Elsasser Aq
josh@elsasser.org An Bryan
Varner Aq bryan@varnernet.com and An Michael
Demars Aq keul@m0k.org .
SEE ALSO
http://transmission.m0k.org
CAVEATS
transmissioncli currently saves its
downloads into the directory from which it was called. If this
directory is not writeable by the user, the program will terminate
unexpectedly.