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NAME

       btcompletedir    —    creates   torrent   meta-info   files   for   all
       files/directories within a directory

SYNOPSIS

       btcompletedir  trackerURL directory [directory ...]  [--piece_size_pow2
       num]     [--comment    comment]     [--filesystem_encoding    encoding]
       [--httpseeds seedURLlist]  [--announce_list announceURLlist]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the btcompletedir command.

       This manual page was written for the Debian  distribution  because  the
       original program does not have a manual page.

       btcompletedir  is  a  program that is used to generate the torrent info
       files that are distributed to bittorrent clients (usually over http) to
       inform them of where the designated tracker for the torrent is located,
       and to enable them to verify the file’s contents.

       btcompletedir requires two arguments. The first is the trackerURL which
       is     the     "announce"     address     of     a     tracker     (ex.
       http://127.0.0.1:6969/announce), the second is the directory  that  you
       wish to parse to generate torrent info files.

       btcompletedir will parse each directory given and create a torrent file
       for every file and directory within it. All  torrent  files  will  also
       reside in the directory after the program is complete.

OPTIONS

       These  programs  follow  the  usual  GNU command line syntax, with long
       options starting with two dashes  (‘--’).   A  summary  of  options  is
       included below.

       --piece_size_pow2 num
                 set  the  piece  size  to  this  power  of  2 (0 = automatic)
                 (defaults to 0)

       --comment comment
                 optional human-readable comment to put in  the  torrent  file
                 (defaults to ’’)

       --filesystem_encoding encoding
                 an  optional  encoding  specification for the filesystem (set
                 automatically in recent Python versions) (defaults to ’’)

       --httpseeds seedURLlist
                 a list of http seed URLs. These alternate URLs will  be  used
                 to  seed  the file if there are no other seeds available. The
                 format of seedURLlist is as follows:

                 URL[|URL ...]

                 (defaults to ’’)

       --announce_list announceURLlist
                 a list  of  announce  URLs.  This  is  an  optional  list  of
                 redundant/backup  tracker URLs. The format of announceURLlist
                 is as follows:

                 URL[,URL ...][|URL[,URL ...] ...]

                 where the URLs separated by commas are tried  randomly,  then
                 the groups of URLs separated by pipes are tried in sequential
                 order.  If this option is omitted, it is  assumed  you  don’t
                 want   an   announce_list   field   in   the   metafile.   If
                 announce_list is given, clients which support it will  ignore
                 the trackerURL value. (defaults to ’’)

EXAMPLES

       These  examples  show  how  to  use the --announce_list option in a few
       scenarios.

       Try the three trackers (1-3) in sequential order:

       btcompletedir trackerURL directory --announce_list http://track1.com|http://track2.com|http://track3.com

       Try the three trackers (1-3) in a randomly selected order:

       btcompletedir trackerURL directory --announce_list http://track1.com,http://track2.com,http://track3.com

       Try the main tracker (1) first, then try the  two  backups  (2  and  3)
       randomly:

       btcompletedir trackerURL directory --announce_list http://track1.com|http://track2.com,http://track3.com

SEE ALSO

       btcompletedirgui(1),       btmakemetafile(1),      btmaketorrentgui(1),
       btshowmetainfo(1), bittorrent-downloader(1).

AUTHOR

       This manual page  was  written  by  Cameron  Dale  <camrdale@gmail.com>
       (based   on   the   original   man  pages  written  by  Micah  Anderson
       <micah@debian.org>) for the Debian system (but may be used by  others).
       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License,  Version  2  or  any
       later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On  Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

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