TRANSMISSION-GTK(1) BSD General Commands Manual TRANSMISSION-GTK(1)
NAME
transmission -- a bittorrent client
SYNOPSIS
transmission -?
transmission [-pqm] [torrent-file ...]
DESCRIPTION
transmission is a fast and easy BitTorrent client.
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol which uses a metainfo file (usually with the .torrent file extension) and a central
tracker to distribute file data amongst a group of peers. For more information on the BitTorrent protocol see http://www.bittorrent.org/
OPTIONS
-? --help
Show help options
-p --paused
Start with all torrents paused
-m --minimized
Start minimized in notification area
-g, --config-dir directory
Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients. See
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more information.
Multiple .torrent files may be added at startup by appending them on the command line. If transmission is already running, the torrents will
be added to the running instance.
ENVIRONMENT
TRANSMISSION_HOME
Sets the default config-dir.
FILES
~/.config/transmission
The config-dir used when neither [TRANSMISSION_HOME] nor [-g] is specified.
AUTHORS
transmission was written by Charles Kerr, Josh Elsasser, Eric Petit, and Mitchell Livingston.
SEE ALSO
transmissioncli(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-remote(1)
http://www.transmissionbt.com/
BSD
May 20, 2008 BSD