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ctorrent(1) 2008-10-11 ctorrent(1)

NAME

ctorrent - Download bittorrent files from command line

SYNOPSIS

  ctorrent - [options] *.torrent

OPTIONS

Preallocate files on disk
Set User-Agent header (default "Enhanced-CTorrent/dnh3.2")
Bitfield save FILE (default is torrent+".bf")
Check pieces only, don't download
Daemon mode (fork to background)
Max bandwidth down (unit KiB/s)
Exit while seed HOURS later (default 72 hours)
Exit after seeding to RATIO (UL:DL)
Force saved bitfield or seed mode (skip initial hash check)
Display short help.
Listen for connections on specific IP address (default all/any)
Piece length (default 262144)
Min peers count (default 1)
Max peers count (default 100)
Specify file number(s) to download
 Listen PORT (default 2706 -> 2106)
    
Set Peer ID prefix (default "-CD0302-")
Download ("save as") to a different file or directory
Create a new torrent file
Tracker's URL
Verbose output (for debugging)
Decode metainfo (torrent) file only, don't download
Download slice/block size, unit KB (default 16, max 128)

DESCRIPTION

CTorrent is a BitTorrent Client program written in C/C++. Fast and small are CTorrent's two strengths.

EXAMPLES

    ctorrent -s save.iso -e 12 -C 32 -p 6881 iso.torrent

ENVIRONMENT

None.

FILES

None.

SEE ALSO

azureus(1) bittornado(1) bittorrent(1) ktorrent(1) qbittorrent(1) qtorrent(1) rtorrent(1) transmission-cli(1)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version.

The program development was discontinued 2006-06-07. See project page https://sourceforge.net/projects/ctorrent

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