TorrentFile
CLI Usage Examples
Examples using TorrentFile with CLI arguments can be found below.
Alternatively, interactive mode
allows program options to be specified
one option at a time from a series of prompts using the following commands.
torrentfile -i
or torrentfile --interactive
Creating Torrents
Using the sub-command create
TorrentFile can create a new torrent
from the contents of a file or directory path. The following examples
illustrate some of the options available for creating torrent files.
- Create a torrent file from(
/path/to/content
) file or directory - by default torrent files are saved to
/path/to/content.torrent
- by default torrents are created using bittorrent meta version 1
> torrentfile create /path/to/content
- the
-t
or--tracker
flag adds one or more items to the list of trackers
> torrentfile create /path/to/content --tracker http://tracker1.com
> torrentfile create /other/content -t http://tracker2 http://tracker3
- the
--private
flag indicates use by a private tracker - the
--source
flag adds a "source" property and fills it
> torrentfile create ./content --source TrackerReq --private
- to specify the save location use the
-o
or--outfile
flags
> torrentfile create ./content -o /specific/path/name.torrent
- to create files using bittorrent v2 or other formats use
--meta-version
--meta-version 3
asks for a v1 & v2 hybrid file.
> torrentfile create /path/to/content --meta-version 2
> torrentfile create --meta-version 3 /path/to/content
- to create a magnet URI for the created torrent file use
--magnet
> torrentfile create --t https://tracker1/annc https://tracker2/annc --magnet /path/to/content
Recheck Torrents
Using the sub-command recheck
or check
or r
you can check how much of
a torrents data you have saved by comparing the contetnts to the original
torrent file.
- recheck torrent file
/path/to/name.torrent
with./downloads/name
> torrentfile recheck /path/to/name.torrent ./downloads/name
Edit Torrents
Using the sub-command edit
or e
enables editting a pre-existing torrent file.
The edit sub-command works identically to the create
sub-command and accepts many
of the same arguments.
Create Magnet
To create a magnet URI for a pre-existing torrent meta file, use the sub-command
magnet
with the path to the meta file.
> torrentfile magnet /path/to/metafile