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buildtorrent(1) [debian man page]

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)
       http://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentSpecification
       http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0012.html
       http://www.getright.com/seedtorrent.html

0.8								   January 2010 						   BUILDTORRENT(1)

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btmaketorrentgui(1)					      General Commands Manual					       btmaketorrentgui(1)

NAME

       btmaketorrentgui -- GUI program to generate torrent meta-info files for use with bittorrent

SYNOPSIS

       btmaketorrentgui

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the btmaketorrentgui command.

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

       btmaketorrentgui is a GUI interface to btmakemetafile, it generates the torrent info files that are distributed to bittorrent clients (usu-
       ally over http) to inform them of where the designated tracker for the torrent is located, and to enable them to  verify  the  file's  con-
       tents.

       btmaketorrentgui does not require arguments like btmakemetafile does, instead everything is done in the GUI interface. The first box in the
       GUI is the file or directory that the torrent info file will be generated for, the second is the "announce" address  of	the  tracker  (ex.
       http://my.tracker:6969/announce).  The  third  box  is  for an optional list of announces, separated by commas or whitespace and on several
       lines. You can also optionally set the piece size and a comment.

SEE ALSO

       btcompletedir(1), btcompletedirgui(1), btmakemetafile(1), btshowmetainfo(1), bittorrent-downloader(1).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was  written  by  Cameron  Dale  <camrdale@gmail.com>  (based  on  the	original  man  pages  written  by  Micah  Anderson
       <micah@debian.org>)  for the Debian system (but may be used by others).	Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this docu-
       ment under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

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