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.Dd April 18, 2007
.Dt TRANSMISSIONCLI 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm transmissioncli
.Nd a bittorrent client
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm transmissioncli
.Bk -words
.Fl h
.Nm
.Op Fl v Ar level
.Fl i
.Ar torrent-file
.Nm
.Op Fl v Ar level
.Fl s
.Ar torrent-file
.Nm
.Op Fl v Ar level
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl d Ar download-rate
.Op Fl u Ar upload-rate
.Op Fl f Ar script
.Op Fl n
.Ar torrent-file
.Nm
.Op Fl v Ar level
.Fl c Ar source-file
.Fl a Ar announce-url
.Op Fl p Ar 1
.Op Fl m Ar comment
.Ar output-file
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with
scripting capabilities.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.lt Fl c, Fl -create-from Ar source-file
Create torrent from the specified source file.
.lt Fl a, Fl -announce Ar announce-url
Specifies the Announceurl the new torrent will use. Can only be
used in conjunction with -c or --create-from.
.lt Fl r, Fl -private
Sets the private flag for the new torrent. Can only be used in
conjunction with -c or --create-from.
.lt Fl m, Fl -comment Ar comment-text
This optional parameter adds a comment to the new torrent. Can only
be used in conjunction with -c or --create-from.
.It Fl h, Fl -help
Prints a short usage summary.
.It Fl i, Fl -info
Shows information from the specified torrent file, such as the
cryptographic hash, the tracker, announcement, file size and file
name.
.It Fl s, -scrape
Prints the number of seeders and leechers for the specified torrent
file, and exits.
.It Fl v, -verbose Ar level
Sets debugging options. The current range is 0-2, with the highest
level producing the most output. The default is 0.
.It Fl n, Fl -nat-traversal
Attempt to use the NAT-PMP and UPnP IGD protocols to establish a port
mapping for allowing incoming peer connections.
.It Fl p, -port Ar port
Specifies an alternate port for the client to listen on. The default is
9090.
.It Fl u, -upload Ar upload-rate
Specifies the maximum upload rate in kB/s, which defaults to 20. The
level -1 may be used for unlimited uploads.
.It Fl d, -download Ar download-rate
Specifies the maximum download rate in kB/s, which defaults to -1 for
no download limit.
.It Fl f, -finish Ar script
Specifies a shell script to be executed upon successful download.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It ~/.transmission
Directory where
.Nm
keeps torrent information for future seeding and resume operations.
.El
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
program was written by
.An -nosplit
.An Eric Petit Aq titer@m0k.org ,
.An Josh Elsasser Aq josh@elsasser.org ,
and
.An Mitchell Livingston Aq livings124@gmail.com .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr transmission-daemon 1 ,
.Xr transmission-gtk 1 ,
.Xr transmission-proxy 1 ,
.Xr transmission-remote 1
.Pp
http://transmission.m0k.org