From 950387ab5a443629598f93c057f41150707866ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Gelfand Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 21:31:43 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add command line interface notes readme section Fixes: #274 --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2addcaa2e..e38556ffa 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ Transmission is a fast, easy, and free BitTorrent client. It comes in several fl Visit https://transmissionbt.com/ for more information. +## Command line interface notes + +Transmission is fully supported in transmission-remote, the preferred cli client. + +Three standalone tools to examine, create, and edit .torrent files exist: transmission-show, transmission-create, and transmission-edit, respectively. + +Prior to development of transmission-remote, the standalone client transmission-cli was created. Limited to a single torrent at a time, transmission-cli is deprecated and exists primarily to support older hardware dependent upon it. In almost all instances, transmission-remote should be used instead. + +Different distributions may choose to package any or all of these tools in one or more separate packages. + ## Building Transmission has an Xcode project file (Transmission.xcodeproj) for building in Xcode.