NAME
btmakemetafile — generates torrent meta-info files for use with
bittorrent
SYNOPSIS
btmakemetafile trackerURL file|directory [file|directory ...]
[--piece_size_pow2 num] [--comment comment] [--target file]
[--filesystem_encoding encoding] [--httpseeds seedURLlist]
[--announce_list announceURLlist]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the btmakemetafile command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the
original program does not have a manual page.
btmakemetafile 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.
btmakemetafile 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 file or directory of
files that are to be included in to torrent.
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 ’’)
--target file
optional target file for the torrent (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:
btmakemetafile trackerURL file --announce_list http://track1.com|http://track2.com|http://track3.com
Try the three trackers (1-3) in a randomly selected order:
btmakemetafile trackerURL file --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:
btmakemetafile trackerURL file --announce_list http://track1.com|http://track2.com,http://track3.com
SEE ALSO
btcompletedir(1), btcompletedirgui(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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