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.Dd April 3, 2007
.Dt TRANSMISSION-GTK 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm transmission-gtk
.Nd a bittorrent client
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm transmission-gtk
.Fl h
.Nm
.Op Fl pq
.Op Ar torrent-file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program is a lightweight BitTorrent client with a simple, intuitive
GTK+ interface.
.Pp
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol which uses a
torrent metainfo file (usually with the .torrent file extension) and a
central tracker to distribute file data amongst a group of peers. For
more information on the BitTorrent protocol see
http://www.bittorrent.org/
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl h Fl -help
Print command-line option descriptions.
.It Fl p Fl -paused
Start with all torrents paused
.It Fl q Fl -quit
Quit a running
.Nm
instance
.El
.Pp
Only one instance of
.Nm
may run at one time.  Multiple torrent files may be loaded at startup
by adding them to the command line.  If
.Nm
is already running, those torrents will be opened in the running
instance.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It ~/.transmission
The directory which
.Nm
uses to store user preferences, resume information and state, and the
socket file used for IPC.
.El
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
program was written by
.An Josh Elsasser Aq josh@elsasser.org ,
.An Eric Petit Aq titer@m0k.org ,
and
.An Mitchell Livingston Aq livings124@gmail.com .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr transmissioncli 1
.Pp
http://transmission.m0k.org