NAME¶
transmission-cli
—
a bittorrent client
SYNOPSIS¶
transmission-cli |
-h
transmission-cli |
[ -b
| -B ]
[-d number | -D ]
[-er | -ep | -et ]
[-f script ]
[-g directory ]
[-h ]
[-m | -M ]
[-p port ]
[-t tos ]
[-u number | -U ]
[-v ]
[-w directory ] torrent-file |
|
DESCRIPTION¶
The
transmission-cli
program is a
lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with scripting capabilities.
The options are as follows:
-b
--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.
-B
--no-blocklist
- Disble blocklists.
-d,
--downlimit
number
- Set the maximum download speed in KB/s
-D,
--no-downlimit
- Don't limit the download speed
-er
--encryption-required
- Encrypt all peer connections.
-ep
--encryption-preferred
- Prefer encrypted peer connections.
-et
--encryption-tolerated
- Prefer unencrypted peer connections.
-f,
--finish
script
- Set a script to run when the torrent finishes
-g,
--config-dir
directory
- Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between
using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients. See
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more information.
-h,
--help
- Prints a short usage summary.
-m,
--portmap
- Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP
-M,
--no-portmap
- Disable portmapping
-n,
--new
sourcefile
- Create torrent from the specified file or directory
-p,
--port
port
- Set the port to listen for incoming peers. (Default: 51413)
-t,
--tos
tos
- Set the peer socket TOS for local router-based traffic shaping. Valid
values are
“default”, “lowcost”,
“throughput”, “reliability”,
“lowdelay”,
a decimal value 0-255 or a hexidecimal value 0x00-0xff)
-u,
--uplimit
number
- Set the maximum upload speed in KB/s
-U,
--no-uplimit
- Don't limit the upload speed
-v,
--verify
- Verify the torrent's downloaded data.
-w,
--download-dir
directory
- Where to save downloaded data.
SIGNALS¶
In addition to these options, sending
transmission-cli
a SIGHUP signal will
contact the tracker for more peers.
ENVIRONMENT¶
TRANSMISSION_HOME
- Sets the default config-dir.
http_proxy
- libcurl uses this environment variable when performing tracker
announces.
FILES¶
- ~/.config/transmission
- Directory where
transmission-cli
keeps
torrent information for future seeding and resume operations.
AUTHORS¶
The
transmission-cli
program was written by
Eric Petit,
Josh Elsasser,
Jordan Lee, and
Mitchell Livingston.
SEE ALSO¶
transmission-create(1),
transmission-daemon(1),
transmission-edit(1),
transmission-gtk(1),
transmission-qt(1),
transmission-remote(1),
transmission-show(1)
http://www.transmissionbt.com/