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btpd

NAME

btpd --- bittorrent protocol daemon

SYNOPSIS

btpd [options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the btpd command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

btpd is the BitTorrent Protocol Daemon.

OPTIONS

--bw-in n

Limit incoming BitTorrent traffic to n kB/s.

Default is 0 which means unlimited.

--bw-out n

Limit outgoing BitTorrent traffic to n kB/s.

Default is 0 which means unlimited.

-d dir

The directory in which to run btpd. Default is '$HOME/.btpd'.

--logfile file

Where to put the logfile. By default it's put in the btpd dir.

--max-peers n

Limit the amount of peers to n.

--max-uploads n

Controls the number of simultaneous uploads.

The possible values are:

n < -1 : Choose n >= 2 based on --bw-out (default).

n = -1 : Upload to every interested peer.

n = 0 : Dont't upload to anyone.

n > 0 : Upload to at most n peers simultaneously.

--no-daemon

Keep the btpd process in the foregorund and log to std{out,err}.

This options is intended for debugging purposes.

-p n --port n

Listen on port n. Default is 6881.

--prealloc n

Preallocate disk space in chunks of n kB. Default is 2048. Note that n will be rounded up to the closest multiple of the torrent piece size. If n is zero no preallocation will be done.

--help

Show summary of options.

SEE ALSO

btcli (1), btinfo (1).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ludvig Omholt <ludde@ludde.net> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the same terms as the btpd software itself.