---
name: "bittorrent-multi-downloader.bittornado"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bittornado"
version: "0.3.18-10.3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bittorrent-multi-downloader.bittornado"
---

# bittorrent-multi-downloader.bittornado(1)

download multiple files using a scatter-gather network

## NAME

bittorrent-multi-downloader — download multiple files using a scatter-gather network

## SYNOPSIS

**btlaunchmany** \[**options** ...\]  *directory*

**btlaunchmanycurses** \[**options** ...\]  *directory*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **bittorrent-multi-downloader** command.

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

**btlaunchmany** and **btlaunchmanycurses** are  programs that ease the use of bittorrent in multiple-downloader situations.  The programs check the provided *directory* for torrent files. When they find any, they start  a separate downloader thread for each torrent file. These programs share a common set of options, shown below.  For more information on how to run them, and any program-specific options, see their individual man pages.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`--').

In addition to the options shown below, these programs share the same common options  with the normal downloaders, which are documented in  **bittorrent-downloader(1)**.

- **--parse\_dir\_interval** *seconds*

  the number of *seconds* between re-scanning the provided directory (defaults to 60)

- **--saveas\_style** 1\|2\|3

  how to name torrent downloads (1 = rename to torrent name, 2 = save  under name in torrent, 3 = save in directory under torrent name)  (defaults to 1 for **btlaunchmany**, 2 for **btlaunchmanycurses**)

- **--display\_path** 0\|1

  whether to display the full path or the torrent contents for each  torrent (defaults to 1 for **btlaunchmany**, 0 for **btlaunchmanycurses**)

## SEE ALSO

**bittorrent-downloader(1)**,  **btlaunchmany(1)**,  **btlaunchmanycurses(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 document 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.