MKTORRENT(1) General Commands Manual MKTORRENT(1)
NAME
mktorrent - simple BitTorrent metainfo file creator
SYNOPSIS
mktorrent [OPTIONS] <target directory or filename>
DESCRIPTION
mktorrent is a text-based utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files used by trackers and torrent clients. It can create metainfo files
for single files or complete directories in a fast way.
OPTIONS
-a <url>[,<url>]*
specify the full tracker announce URLs. At least one is required and additional -a add backup trackers
-c <comment>
add a comment to the metainfo
-d
don't write the creation date
-h
show help screen
-l <n>
set the piece length to 2^n bytes, default is 18, that is 2^18 = 256kb
-n <name>
set the name of the torrent, default is the basename of the target
-o <filename>
set the path and filename of the created file, default is <name>.torrent
-p
set the private flag (dissalow DHT and Peer Exchange)
-v
verbose output
-w <url>[,<url>]*
add web seed URLs, additional -w add more URLs
COPYRIGH
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
AUTHORS
Emil Renner Berthing <esmil@users.sourceforge.net>
This manpage was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution by Nico Golde <nion@debian.org>
BUGS
Please send bug reports, patches, feature requests, praise and general gossip about the program to: esmil@users.sourceforge.net
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