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17 .Dt TRANSMISSION-CLI 1
21 .Nd a bittorrent client
28 .Op Fl d Ar number | Fl D
36 .Op Fl u Ar number | Fl U
44 program is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with
45 scripting capabilities.
47 The options are as follows:
49 .It Fl b Fl -blocklist
50 Enable peer blocklists. Transmission understands the bluetack blocklist file format.
51 New blocklists can be added by copying them into the config-dir's "blocklists" subdirectory.
52 .It Fl B Fl -no-blocklist
54 .It Fl d, -downlimit Ar number
55 Set the maximum download speed in KB/s
56 .It Fl D, -no-downlimit
57 Don't limit the download speed
58 .It Fl er Fl -encryption-required
59 Encrypt all peer connections.
60 .It Fl ep Fl -encryption-preferred
61 Prefer encrypted peer connections.
62 .It Fl et Fl -encryption-tolerated
63 Prefer unencrypted peer connections.
64 .It Fl f, -finish Ar script
65 Set a script to run when the torrent finishes
66 .It Fl g, Fl -config-dir Ar directory
67 Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients.
68 See http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more information.
70 Prints a short usage summary.
72 Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP
73 .It Fl M, Fl -no-portmap
75 .It Fl n, Fl -new Ar sourcefile
76 Create torrent from the specified file or directory
77 .It Fl p, -port Ar port
78 Set the port to listen for incoming peers. (Default: 51413)
80 Set the peer socket TOS for local router-based traffic shaping.
81 .It Fl u, -uplimit Ar number
82 Set the maximum upload speed in KB/s
84 Don't limit the upload speed
86 Verify the torrent's downloaded data.
87 .It Fl w, Fl -download-dir Ar directory
88 Where to save downloaded data.
91 In addition to these options, sending
93 a SIGHUP signal will contact the tracker for more peers.
96 .It Ev TRANSMISSION_HOME
97 Sets the default config-dir.
99 libcurl uses this environment variable when performing tracker announces.
102 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
103 .It ~/.config/transmission
106 keeps torrent information for future seeding and resume operations.
111 program was written by
117 .An Mitchell Livingston .
119 .Xr transmission-create 1 ,
120 .Xr transmission-daemon 1 ,
121 .Xr transmission-edit 1 ,
122 .Xr transmission-gtk 1 ,
123 .Xr transmission-qt 1 ,
124 .Xr transmission-remote 1 ,
125 .Xr transmission-show 1
127 http://www.transmissionbt.com/