transmission/cli/transmission-cli.1

138 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
Raw Normal View History

2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) Deanna Phillips <deanna@sdf.lonestar.org>
.\"
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
.\"
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
.Dd July 21, 2008
2010-08-05 13:06:20 +00:00
.Dt TRANSMISSION-CLI 1
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Os
.Sh NAME
2010-08-05 13:06:20 +00:00
.Nm transmission-cli
.Nd a bittorrent client
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Sh SYNOPSIS
2010-08-05 13:06:20 +00:00
.Nm transmission-cli
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Bk -words
.Fl h
.Nm
.Op Fl b | B
.Op Fl d Ar number | Fl D
.Op Fl er | ep | et
.Op Fl f Ar script
.Op Fl g Ar directory
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl m | M
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl t Ar tos
.Op Fl u Ar number | Fl U
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl w Ar directory
.Ar torrent-file
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with
scripting capabilities.
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Pp
The options are as follows:
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl b Fl -blocklist
Enable peer blocklists. Transmission understands the bluetack blocklist file format.
New blocklists can be added by copying them into the config-dir's "blocklists" subdirectory.
.It Fl B Fl -no-blocklist
Disble blocklists.
.It Fl d, -downlimit Ar number
Set the maximum download speed in KB/s
.It Fl D, -no-downlimit
Don't limit the download speed
.It Fl er Fl -encryption-required
Encrypt all peer connections.
.It Fl ep Fl -encryption-preferred
Prefer encrypted peer connections.
.It Fl et Fl -encryption-tolerated
Prefer unencrypted peer connections.
.It Fl f, -finish Ar script
Set a script to run when the torrent finishes
.It Fl g, Fl -config-dir Ar directory
Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients.
See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/wiki/Configuration-Files for more information.
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.It Fl h, Fl -help
Prints a short usage summary.
.It Fl m, Fl -portmap
Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP
.It Fl M, Fl -no-portmap
Disable portmapping
.It Fl n, Fl -new Ar sourcefile
Create torrent from the specified file or directory
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.It Fl p, -port Ar port
Set the port to listen for incoming peers. (Default: 51413)
.It Fl t, -tos Ar tos
Set the peer socket TOS for local router-based traffic shaping.
Valid values are
.Pp
.Dq default ,
.Dq lowcost ,
.Dq throughput ,
.Dq reliability ,
.Dq lowdelay ,
.Pp
a decimal value 0-255 or a hexidecimal value 0x00-0xff)
.It Fl u, -uplimit Ar number
Set the maximum upload speed in KB/s
.It Fl U, -no-uplimit
Don't limit the upload speed
.It Fl v, Fl -verify
Verify the torrent's downloaded data.
.It Fl w, Fl -download-dir Ar directory
Where to save downloaded data.
.El
.Sh SIGNALS
In addition to these options, sending
.Nm
a SIGHUP signal will contact the tracker for more peers.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Ev TRANSMISSION_HOME
Sets the default config-dir.
.It Ev http_proxy
libcurl uses this environment variable when performing tracker announces.
.El
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Sh FILES
2007-04-04 01:41:34 +00:00
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
2008-06-09 15:06:48 +00:00
.It ~/.config/transmission
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
Directory where
.Nm
keeps torrent information for future seeding and resume operations.
2007-04-04 01:41:34 +00:00
.El
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
program was written by
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.An -nosplit
2008-05-20 18:21:36 +00:00
.An Eric Petit ,
.An Josh Elsasser ,
2011-01-03 05:58:58 +00:00
.An Jordan Lee ,
.An Mitchell Livingston ,
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
and
.An Mike Gelfand .
2006-07-16 19:39:23 +00:00
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr transmission-create 1 ,
2007-04-18 16:39:10 +00:00
.Xr transmission-daemon 1 ,
.Xr transmission-edit 1 ,
.Xr transmission-gtk 1 ,
.Xr transmission-qt 1 ,
.Xr transmission-remote 1 ,
.Xr transmission-show 1
.Pp
https://transmissionbt.com/