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TRANSMISSION-QT(1) | General Commands Manual | TRANSMISSION-QT(1) |
NAME¶
transmission-qt
—
a bittorrent client
SYNOPSIS¶
transmission-qt |
-h |
transmission-qt |
[options ] [torrent-file
...] |
DESCRIPTION¶
transmission-qt
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¶
-h
--help
- Show help options
-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 https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Configuration-Files.md for more information.
-m
--minimized
- Start minimized in notification area
-p
--port
port- Port to use when connecting to an existing session
-r
--remote
host- Connect to an existing session at the specified hostname
-u
--username
username- Username to use when connecting to an existing session
-v
--version
- Show version number and exit
-w
--password
password- Password to use when connecting to an existing session
Multiple .torrent files may be added at startup by appending them
on the command line. If transmission-qt
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-qt
was written by
Charles Kerr, Josh Elsasser,
Eric Petit, Mitchell
Livingston, and Mike Gelfand.
SEE ALSO¶
transmission-create(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-edit(1), transmission-gtk(1), transmission-qt(1), transmission-remote(1), transmission-show(1)
June 26, 2010 |