bittorrent-multi-downloader.bittornado1
Download multiple files using a scatter-gather network
Usage
btlaunchmany [options ...]
directory
btlaunchmanycurses [options ...]
directory
Overview
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 forbtlaunchmanycurses)
-
--display_path 0|1 -
whether to display the full path or the torrent contents for each torrent (defaults to 1 for
btlaunchmany, 0 forbtlaunchmanycurses)
History
- Debian 10 (Buster) to Debian 9 (Stretch): the text shown here
- Debian 8 (Jessie)
- Debian 7 (Wheezy) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
- Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
- Debian 4.0 (Etch)
- Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
--display_path since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--parse_dir_interval since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--saveas_style since Debian 4.0 (Etch).