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.