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

# btcompletedir.bittornado(1)

creates torrent meta-info files for all files/directories within a directory

## NAME

btcompletedir — creates torrent meta-info files for all files/directories within a directory

## SYNOPSIS

**btcompletedir**  *trackerURL* *directory* \[*directory* ...\]  \[**--piece\_size\_pow2** *num\]  \[***--comment** *comment\]  \[***--filesystem\_encoding** *encoding\]  \[***--httpseeds** *seedURLlist\]  \[***--announce\_list** *announceURLlist\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **btcompletedir** command.

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

**btcompletedir** is a program that is used to generate the torrent info files  that are distributed to bittorrent clients (usually over http) to inform them  of where the designated tracker for the torrent is located, and to enable them  to verify the file's contents.

**btcompletedir** requires two arguments. The first is the *trackerURL* which is the  "announce" address of a tracker (ex. http://127.0.0.1:6969/announce), the second is the  *directory* that you wish to parse to generate torrent info files.

**btcompletedir** will parse each *directory* given and create a torrent file for every file and directory  within it. All torrent files will also reside in the *directory* after the program is complete.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`--').  A summary of  options is included below.

- **--piece\_size\_pow2** *num*

  set the piece size to this power of 2 (0 = automatic) (defaults  to 0)

- **--comment** *comment*

  optional human-readable *comment* to put in the torrent file (defaults to '')

- **--filesystem\_encoding** *encoding*

  an optional *encoding* specification for the filesystem (set automatically in  recent Python versions) (defaults to '')

- **--httpseeds** *seedURLlist*

  a list of http seed URLs. These alternate URLs will be used to seed  the file if there are no other seeds available. The format of *seedURLlist* is as follows:

-

  *URL*\[\|*URL* ...\]

-

  (defaults to '')

- **--announce\_list** *announceURLlist*

  a list of announce URLs. This is an optional list  of redundant/backup tracker URLs. The format of *announceURLlist* is as follows:

-

  *URL*\[,*URL* ...\]\[\|*URL*\[,*URL* ...\] ...\]

-

  where the URLs separated by commas are tried randomly, then the groups of URLs separated by pipes  are tried in sequential order.  If this option is omitted, it is assumed you don't want an announce\_list field in the metafile.  If announce\_list is given, clients which support it  will ignore the *trackerURL* value. (defaults to '')

## EXAMPLES

These examples show how to use the --announce\_list option in a few scenarios.

Try the three trackers (1-3) in sequential order:

```
btcompletedir trackerURL directory --announce_list http://track1.com|http://track2.com|http://track3.com
```

Try the three trackers (1-3) in a randomly selected order:

```
btcompletedir trackerURL directory	--announce_list http://track1.com,http://track2.com,http://track3.com
```

Try the main tracker (1) first, then try the two backups (2 and 3) randomly:

```
btcompletedir trackerURL directory	--announce_list http://track1.com|http://track2.com,http://track3.com
```

## SEE ALSO

**btcompletedirgui(1)**,  **btmakemetafile(1)**,  **[btmaketorrentgui(1)](/btmaketorrentgui/1.md)**,  **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 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.