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.Dd April 18, 2007
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.Dt TRANSMISSION-GTK 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm transmission
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.Nd a bittorrent client
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm transmission
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.Fl h
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.Nm
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.Op Fl pq
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.Op Ar torrent-file ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is a fast and easy BitTorrent client.
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.Pp
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BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol which uses a
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metainfo file (usually with the .torrent file extension) and a central
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tracker to distribute file data amongst a group of peers. For more
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information on the BitTorrent protocol see http://www.bittorrent.org/
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl h Fl -help
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Print command-line option descriptions.
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.It Fl p Fl -paused
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Start with all torrents paused
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.It Fl q Fl -quit
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Quit a running
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.Nm
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instance
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.El
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.Pp
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Only one instance of
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may be run at one time. Multiple .torrent files may be loaded at
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startup by adding them to the command line. If
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.Nm
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is already running, those torrents will be opened in the running
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instance.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
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.It ~/.transmission
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The directory which
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.Nm
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uses to store user preferences, resume information and state, and the
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socket file used for interprocess communication (IPC).
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.El
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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program was written by
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.An Charles Kerr Aq charles@rebelbase.com ,
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.An Josh Elsasser Aq josh@elsasser.org ,
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.An Eric Petit Aq titer@m0k.org ,
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and
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.An Mitchell Livingston Aq livings124@gmail.com .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr transmissioncli 1 ,
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.Xr transmission-daemon 1 ,
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.Xr transmission-proxy 1 ,
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.Xr transmission-remote 1
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.Pp
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http://transmission.m0k.org
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