ctorrent(1)							    2008-10-11							       ctorrent(1)

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

ctorrent							    2008-10-11							       ctorrent(1)