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]
[-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
- Set the peer socket TOS for local router-based traffic
shaping.
- -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/
