NAME¶

transmission-gtk—a bittorrent client

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

transmission-gtkis a fast and easy BitTorrent client.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol which uses ametainfo file (usually with the .torrent file extension) and a centraltracker to distribute file data amongst a group of peers. For moreinformation on the BitTorrent protocol see http://www.bittorrent.org/

OPTIONS¶

-?--help

Show help options

-p--paused

Start with all torrents paused

-m--minimized

Start minimized in notification area

-g--config-dirdirectory

Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients.See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Configuration-Files.md for more information.

Multiple .torrent files may be added at startupby appending them on the command line.Iftransmission-gtkis already running, the torrents will be added to the running instance.

ENVIRONMENT¶

TRANSMISSION_HOME

Sets the default config-dir.

http_proxy

libcurl uses this environment variable when performing tracker announces. If set, this overrides the GNOME proxy preferences.

FILES¶

~/.config/transmission

The config-dir used when neither[TRANSMISSION_HOME]nor[-g]is specified.

AUTHORS¶

transmission-gtkwas written byCharles Kerr,Josh Elsasser,Eric Petit,Mitchell Livingston,andMike Gelfand.

SEE ALSO¶

transmission-create(1),transmission-daemon(1),transmission-edit(1),transmission-gtk(1),transmission-qt(1),transmission-remote(1),transmission-show(1)

https://transmissionbt.com/