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
None.
SEE ALSO
azureus(1) bittornado(1) bittorrent(1) ktorrent(1) qbittorrent(1) qtorrent(1) rtorrent(1) transmission-cli(1)
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version.
The program development was discontinued 2006-06-07. See project page https://sourceforge.net/projects/ctorrent