transmission-cli (1)
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NAME
transmission-cli - a bittorrent clientSYNOPSIS
transmission-cli -words -h
[-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 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 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 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 keeps torrent information for future seeding and resume operations.