transmission/daemon/transmission-remote.1

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.Dd March 30, 2007
.Dt TRANSMISSION-REMOTE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm transmission-remote
.Nd a remote control utility for
.Xr transmission-daemon 1
and
.Xr transmission 1
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Bk -words
.Nm transmission-remote
.Fl h
.Nm
.Oo
.Fl t Ar daemon | Ar gtk
.Oc
.Op Fl a Ar torrent-file
.Op Fl d Ar download-rate
.Op Fl D
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl E
.Op Fl f Ar directory
.Op Fl i
.Op Fl l
.Op Fl m
.Op Fl M
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl q
.Oo
.Fl r Ar all | Ar info-hash
.Oc
.Oo
.Fl s Ar all | Ar info-hash
.Oc
.Oo
.Fl S Ar all | Ar info-hash
.Oc
.Op Fl u Ar upload-rate
.Op Fl U
.Op Ar torrent-file ...
.Nm
.Fl x
.Op Fl a Ar torrent-file
.Op Fl d Ar download-rate
.Op Fl D
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl E
.Op Fl f Ar directory
.Op Fl i
.Op Fl l
.Op Fl m
.Op Fl M
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl q
.Oo
.Fl r Ar all | Ar info-hash
.Oc
.Oo
.Fl s Ar all | Ar info-hash
.Oc
.Oo
.Fl S Ar all | Ar info-hash
.Oc
.Op Fl u Ar upload-rate
.Op Fl U
.Ar command
.Op Ar argument ...
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program is a remote control utility for
.Xr transmission-daemon 1
and
.Xr transmission 1
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a Fl -add Ar torrent-file
Add the torrent metainfo file
.Ar torrent-file .
.It Fl d Fl -download-limit Ar download-rate
Set maximum download rate to
.Ar download-rate
in kilobytes per second.
.It Fl D Fl -download-unlimited
Remove the download limit.
.It Fl e
Enable peer exchange.
.It Fl E
Disable peer exchange.
.It Fl f Fl -folder Ar directory
Use
.Ar directory
as the default location for newly added torrents to download files to.
.It Fl g, Fl -config-dir Ar directory
Where to look for configuration files.
.It Fl h Fl -help
Print command-line option descriptions.
.It Fl i Fl -info
Print a listing of all torrent info hashes and names.
.It Fl l Fl -list
Print a listing of all torrent names with size and current status.
.It Fl m Fl -port-mapping
Enable automatic port mapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP IGD.
.It Fl M Fl -no-port-mapping
Disable automatic port mapping.
.It Fl p Fl -port Ar port
Attempt to bind to
.Ar port
for use as a listening port to accept incoming peer connections.
.It Fl q Fl -quit
Quit the running instance.
.It Fl r Fl -remove Ar all | info-hash
Remove all torrents, or the torrent with an info hash of
.Ar info-hash .
Neither the downloaded data nor the original torrent metainfo file
will be deleted.
.It Fl S Fl -stop Ar all | info-hash
Stop all torrents from downloading or seeding, or the torrent with an
info hash of
.Ar info-hash .
.It Fl s Fl -start Ar all | info-hash
Start all torrents downloading or seeding, or the torrent with an info
hash of
.Ar info-hash .
.It Fl t Fl -type Ar daemon | gtk
Connect to either
.Xr transmission-daemon 1
or
.Xr transmission 1 .
.It Fl u Fl -upload-limit Ar upload-rate
Set maximum upload rate to
.Ar upload-rate
in kilobytes per second.
.It Fl U Fl -upload-unlimited
Remove the upload limit.
.It Fl x Fl -proxy
Proxy the connection to
.Xr transmission-daemon 1
or
.Xr transmission 1
through
.Ar command .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Pa ~/.transmission
.Sh EXAMPLES
Show status for all torrents:
.Pp
.Dl transmission-remote -l
.Pp
Pause a torrent:
.Pp
.Dl transmission-remote -S ca6ac4bbd971d3902935dbcfc2d3ea25b428a547
.Pp
Set download and upload limits to 100 KiB/sec and 20 KiB/sec:
.Pp
.Dl transmission-remote -d 100 -u 20
.Pp
Quit the GTK+ frontend:
.Pp
.Dl transmission-remote -t gtk -q
.Pp
Add two torrents:
.Pp
.Dl transmission-remote foo.torrent bar.torrent
.Pp
Show the info hashes of all the torrents on jade:
.Pp
.Dl transmission-remote -x -i ssh jade transmission-proxy
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
program was written by
.An Josh Elsasser Aq josh@elsasser.org ,
.An Eric Petit Aq titer@m0k.org ,
.An Charles Kerr Aq charles@rebelbase.com ,
and
.An Mitchell Livingston Aq livings124@gmail.com .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr transmissioncli 1 ,
.Xr transmission-daemon 1 ,
.Xr transmission 1 ,
.Xr transmission-proxy 1
.Pp
http://www.transmissionbt.com/