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ctorrent

NAME

ctorrent --- program that allows a user to download bittorrent files by using a terminal, even used remotely with an ssh access

SYNOPSIS

ctorrent [General Options] [Download Options] [Make Torrent Options] file.torrent

CTorrent is a BitTorrent Client written in C that doesn't require any graphical component, such as an X server. It's built as a console program and it can be even used remotely in a machine that provides outside ssh access.

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

OPTIONS

Ctorrent uses short-style options. It can be run in two modes: Download mode (where it parses a torrent file and acts as a peer or seeder to transfer files), and Make Torrent mode (where it creates a torrent control file out of given files). Additionally, there are a few General Options that are always valid.

GENERAL OPTIONS

-h/-H

Show this message

-x

Decode metainfo (torrent) file only, don't download

-c

Check pieces only, don't download

-v

Verbose output (for debugging)

DOWNLOAD OPTIONS

-e int

Exit while seed hours later (default 72 hours)

-E num

Exit after seeding to ratio (UL:DL)

-i ip

Listen for connections on specific IP address (default all/any)

-p port

Listen port (default 2706 -> 2106)

-s filename

Download ("save as") to a different file or directory

-C cache_size

Cache size, unit MB (default 16MB)

-f

Force saved bitfield or seed mode (skip initial hash check)

-b filename

Specify bitfield save file (default is torrent+".bf")

-M max_peers

Max peers count (default 100)

-m min_peers

Min peers count (default 1)

-z slice_size

Download slice/block size, unit KB (default 16, max 128)

-n file_list

Specify file number(s) to download

-D rate

Max bandwidth down (unit KB/s)

-U rate

Max bandwidth up (unit KB/s)

-P peer_id

Set Peer ID prefix (default "-CD0302-")

-A user_agent

Set User-Agent header (default "Enhanced-CTorrent/dnh3.2")

-S host:port

Use CTCS server at host:port

-a

Preallocate files on disk

-T

Convert foreign filenames to printable text

-X command

Run command upon download completion ("user exit")

-d

Daemon mode (fork to background)

MAKE TORRENT OPTIONS

-t

Create a new torrent file

-u url

Tracker's url

-l piece_len

Piece length (default 262144)

-s filename

Specify metainfo file name

Examples

Download a torrent with a different file name, in foreground (interactive) mode:

ctorrent -s new_filename -e 12 -C 32 -p 6881 example.torrent

Get a torrent file from a server, and start downloading in the background (there won't be a good way to test whether it's done):

wget http://some.server.net/some.torrent
ctorrent -E 1.5 -p 12000 -U 20 -P -AZ2304- -d some.torrent

home page: http://ctorrent.sourceforge.net/

AUTHOR

original author: bsdi@sina.com

This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others). This document is put into the public domain by its author.