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| 2 | .\" Copyright (c) Deanna Phillips <deanna@sdf.lonestar.org> |
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| 15 | .\" |
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| 16 | .Dd July 21, 2008 |
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| 17 | .Dt TRANSMISSIONCLI 1 |
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| 18 | .Os |
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| 19 | .Sh NAME |
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| 20 | .Nm transmissioncli |
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| 21 | .Nd a bittorrent client |
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| 22 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
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| 23 | .Nm transmissioncli |
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| 24 | .Bk -words |
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| 25 | .Fl h |
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| 26 | .Nm |
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| 27 | .Op Fl b | B |
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| 28 | .Op Fl d Ar number | Fl D |
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| 29 | .Op Fl er | ep | et |
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| 30 | .Op Fl f Ar script |
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| 31 | .Op Fl g Ar directory |
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| 32 | .Op Fl h |
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| 33 | .Op Fl m | M |
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| 34 | .Op Fl p Ar port |
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| 35 | .Op Fl t |
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| 36 | .Op Fl u Ar number | Fl U |
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| 37 | .Op Fl v |
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| 38 | .Op Fl w Ar directory |
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| 39 | .Ar torrent-file |
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| 40 | .Ek |
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| 41 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
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| 42 | The |
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| 43 | .Nm |
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| 44 | program is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with |
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| 45 | scripting capabilities. |
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| 46 | .Pp |
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| 47 | The options are as follows: |
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| 48 | .Bl -tag -width Ds |
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| 49 | .It Fl b Fl -blocklist |
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| 50 | Enable peer blocklists. Transmission understands the bluetack blocklist file format. |
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| 51 | New blocklists can be added by copying them into the config-dir's "blocklists" subdirectory. |
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| 52 | .It Fl B Fl -no-blocklist |
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| 53 | Disble blocklists. |
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| 54 | .It Fl d, -downlimit Ar number |
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| 55 | Set the maximum download speed in KB/s |
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| 56 | .It Fl D, -no-downlimit |
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| 57 | Don't limit the download speed |
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| 58 | .It Fl er Fl -encryption-required |
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| 59 | Encrypt all peer connections. |
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| 60 | .It Fl ep Fl -encryption-preferred |
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| 61 | Prefer encrypted peer connections. |
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| 62 | .It Fl et Fl -encryption-tolerated |
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| 63 | Prefer unencrypted peer connections. |
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| 64 | .It Fl f, -finish Ar script |
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| 65 | Set a script to run when the torrent finishes |
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| 66 | .It Fl g, Fl -config-dir Ar directory |
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| 67 | Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients. |
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| 68 | See http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more information. |
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| 69 | .It Fl h, Fl -help |
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| 70 | Prints a short usage summary. |
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| 71 | .It Fl m, Fl -portmap |
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| 72 | Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP |
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| 73 | .It Fl M, Fl -no-portmap |
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| 74 | Disable portmapping |
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| 75 | .It Fl n, Fl -new Ar sourcefile |
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| 76 | Create torrent from the specified file or directory |
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| 77 | .It Fl p, -port Ar port |
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| 78 | Set the port to listen for incoming peers. (Default: 51413) |
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| 79 | .It Fl t, -tos |
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| 80 | Set the peer socket TOS for local router-based traffic shaping. |
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| 81 | .It Fl u, -uplimit Ar number |
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| 82 | Set the maximum upload speed in KB/s |
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| 83 | .It Fl U, -no-uplimit |
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| 84 | Don't limit the upload speed |
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| 85 | .It Fl v, Fl -verify |
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| 86 | Verify the torrent's downloaded data. |
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| 87 | .It Fl w, Fl -download-dir Ar directory |
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| 88 | Where to save downloaded data. |
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| 89 | .Sh SIGNALS |
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| 90 | In addition to these options, sending |
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| 91 | .Nm |
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| 92 | a SIGHUP signal will contact the tracker for more peers. |
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| 93 | .El |
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| 94 | .Sh FILES |
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| 95 | .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact |
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| 96 | .It ~/.config/transmission |
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| 97 | Directory where |
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| 98 | .Nm |
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| 99 | keeps torrent information for future seeding and resume operations. |
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| 100 | .El |
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| 101 | .Sh AUTHORS |
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| 102 | The |
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| 103 | .Nm |
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| 104 | program was written by |
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| 105 | .An -nosplit |
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| 106 | .An Eric Petit , |
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| 107 | .An Josh Elsasser , |
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| 108 | .An Charles Kerr , |
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| 109 | and |
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| 110 | .An Mitchell Livingston . |
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| 111 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
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| 112 | .Xr transmission 1 , |
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| 113 | .Xr transmission-daemon 1 , |
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| 114 | .Xr transmission-remote 1 |
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| 115 | .Pp |
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| 116 | http://www.transmissionbt.com/ |
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