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 <jari.aalto@cante.net>, 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