| BUILDTORRENT(1) | User Commands | BUILDTORRENT(1) |
NAME¶
buildtorrent - a torrent file creation program.
SYNOPSIS¶
buildtorrent [OPTIONS] -a announceurl input output
buildtorrent [OPTIONS] -a announceurl -f
filelist -n name output
DESCRIPTION¶
buildtorrent is a torrent file creation program. Given an announce url and an input file or directory, buildtorrent generates an output .torrent file that can be used by torrent clients.
OPTIONS¶
- -a announce, --announce=url
- Announce URL (required).
- -f filelist, --filelist=filelist
- A text file (or - for standard input) containing a list of files to add to the output torrent file, together with the path to use inside the torrent. One file is given per line, use / as path separator for the torrent path, use | to separate the filesystem path from the torrent path. Backslash \ can be used to escape newlines and | characters inside names. For example:
/data/files/linux.iso|bin/linux.iso /data/files/linux.txt|doc/linux.txt
Using this option requires that the --name option
be used.
- -n name, --name=name
- Specify the name for the torrent. Usage of this option is required when the --filelist option is used, in which case it specifies the name of the torrent directory. Usage without a file list overrides the name of the directory or file given on the command line.
- -A announces, --announcelist=announces
- Additional announce URL list. Use , to separate outer level lists, and | to separate inner level items; for example:
a,b1|b2,c
- -w webseeds, --webseeds=webseeds
- Additional WebSeed URL list. Use , to separate items; for example:
a,b,c
- -l length, --piecelength=length
- Piece length in bytes (default 262144).
- -L length, --piecesize=size
- Use 2^size as piece length (default 18) (overrides -l ).
- -c comment, --comment=comment
- User comment (omitted by default).
- -p private, --private=private
- Private flag (either 0 or 1).
- -D, --nodate
- Omit the creation date field.
- -C, --nocreator
- Omit the created by field.
- -m, --md5sum
- Add an md5sum field for each file.
- -s, --show
- Show generated torrent structure.
- -S, --showall
- Show generated torrent structure, including piece data.
- -q, --quiet
- Quiet operation with reduced output.
- -V, --version
- Show the version string.
- -h, --help
- Show a help screen with brief usage information.
AUTHORS¶
Claude Heiland-Allen (claudiusmaximus@goto10.org)
SEE ALSO¶
createtorrent(1), mktorrent(1)
| January 2010 | 0.8 |