buildtorrent(1)
a torrent file creation program.
SYNOPSIS
buildtorrent
[
OPTIONS]
-a announceurl input output
-
buildtorrent
[OPTIONS] -a announceurl -f filelist -n name output
DESCRIPTION
buildtorrent
is a torrent file creation program.
Given an announce url and an input file or directory,
buildtorrent
generates an output
.torrent
file that can be used by torrent clients.
OPTIONS
- -a announce, --announce=url
-
Announce URL (required).
- -f filelist, --filelist=filelist
-
A text file (or
-
for standard input) containing a list of files to add to the output
torrent file, together with the path to use inside the torrent. One
file is given per line, use
/
as path separator for the torrent path, use
|
to separate the filesystem path from the torrent path. Backslash
\
can be used to escape newlines and
|
characters inside names. For example:
-
/data/files/linux.iso|bin/linux.iso
/data/files/linux.txt|doc/linux.txt
-
Using this option requires that the
--name
option be used.
- -n name, --name=name
-
Specify the name for the torrent. Usage of this option is required when the
--filelist
option is used, in which case it specifies the name of the torrent directory.
Usage without a file list overrides the name of the directory or file given
on the command line.
- -A announces, --announcelist=announces
-
Additional announce URL list. Use
,
to separate outer level lists, and
|
to separate inner level items; for example:
-
a,b1|b2,c
- -w webseeds, --webseeds=webseeds
-
Additional WebSeed URL list. Use
,
to separate items; for example:
-
a,b,c
- -l length, --piecelength=length
-
Piece length in bytes (default 262144).
- -L length, --piecesize=size
-
Use 2^size as piece length (default 18) (overrides
-l
).
- -c comment, --comment=comment
-
User comment (omitted by default).
- -p private, --private=private
-
Private flag (either 0 or 1).
- -D, --nodate
-
Omit the
creation date
field.
- -C, --nocreator
-
Omit the
created by
field.
- -m, --md5sum
-
Add an
md5sum
field for each file.
- -s, --show
-
Show generated torrent structure.
- -S, --showall
-
Show generated torrent structure, including piece data.
- -q, --quiet
-
Quiet operation with reduced output.
- -V, --version
-
Show the version string.
- -h, --help
-
Show a help screen with brief usage information.
