ctorrent(1)

Download bittorrent files from command line

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Description

ctorrent

NAME

ctorrent - Download bittorrent files from command line

SYNOPSIS

ctorrent - [options] *.torrent

OPTIONS

-a

Preallocate files on disk

-A USER-AGENT-STRING

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

-b FILE

Bitfield save FILE (default is torrent+".bf")

	-c		Check pieces only, don’t download
	-d		Daemon mode (fork to background)

-D rate

Max bandwidth down (unit KiB/s)

-e hours

Exit while seed HOURS later (default 72 hours)

-E ratio

Exit after seeding to RATIO ( UL:DL )

-f

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

-h|-H

Display short help.

-i IP

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

-l LENGTH

Piece length (default 262144)

-m PEERS-MIN

Min peers count (default 1)

-M PEERS-MAX

Max peers count (default 100)

-n FILE-NBR-LIST

Specify file number(s) to download

-p PORT

Listen PORT (default 2706 -> 2106)

-P ID

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

-s SAVEFILE|DIR

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

-t

Create a new torrent file

-t URL

Tracker’s URL

	-v		Verbose output (for debugging)
	-x		Decode metainfo (torrent) file only, don’t download

-z SLICE-SIZE

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