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TRANSMISSIONCLI(1) BSD General Commands Manual TRANSMISSIONCLI(1)

NAME

transmissioncli — a bittorrent client

SYNOPSIS

transmissioncli −h
transmissioncli [−v level] −i torrent-file
transmissioncli [−v level] −s torrent-file
transmissioncli [−v level] [−p port] [−d download-rate] [−u upload-rate] [−f script] [−n] torrent-file [output-dir]
transmissioncli [−v level] −c source-file −a announce-url [−p port] [−m comment] output-file

DESCRIPTION

The transmissioncli program is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with scripting capabilities.

The options are as follows:

−g, −-config-dir directory

Where to look for configuration files.

−o, −-output-dir directory

Where to save downloaded data.

−c, −-create-from source-file

Create torrent from the specified source file.

−a, −-announce announce-url

Specifies the announce-url the new torrent will use. Can only be used in conjunction with -c or --create-from.

−r, −-private

Sets the private flag for the new torrent. Can only be used in conjunction with -c or --create-from.

−m, −-comment comment-text

This optional parameter adds a comment to the new torrent. Can only be used in conjunction with -c or --create-from.

−h, −-help

Prints a short usage summary.

−i, −-info

Shows information from the specified torrent file, such as the cryptographic hash, the tracker, announcement, file size and file name.

−s, −-scrape

Prints the number of seeders and leechers for the specified torrent file, and exits.

−v, −-verbose level

Sets debugging options. You can use both many -v flags, or a -v level. The current available levels are 0-2, with the highest level producing the most output. The default is 0.

−n, −-nat-traversal

Attempt to use the NAT-PMP and UPnP IGD protocols to establish a port mapping for allowing incoming peer connections.

−p, −-port port

Specifies an alternate port for the client to listen on. The default is 51413.

−u, −-upload upload-rate

Specifies the maximum upload rate in kB/s, which defaults to 20. The level -1 may be used for unlimited uploads.

−d, −-download download-rate

Specifies the maximum download rate in kB/s, which defaults to -1 for no download limit.

−f, −-finish script

Specifies a shell script to be executed upon successful download.

−y, −-recheck

Force a recheck of the torrent data.

SIGNALS

In addition to these options, sending transmissioncli a SIGHUP signal will contact the tracker for more peers.

FILES
~/.transmission

Directory where transmissioncli keeps torrent information for future seeding and resume operations.

AUTHORS

The transmissioncli program was written by Eric Petit 〈 titer AT m0k DOT org〉 , Josh Elsasser 〈 josh AT elsasser DOT org〉 , Charles Kerr 〈 charles AT rebelbase DOT com〉 , and Mitchell Livingston 〈 livings124 AT gmail DOT com〉 .

SEE ALSO

transmission(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-proxy(1), transmission-remote(1)

http://www.transmissionbt.com/

BSD April 18, 2007 BSD