TRANSMISSION-GTK

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NAME

transmission - a bittorrent client  

SYNOPSIS

transmission -?
transmission [-pqm ] [torrent-file ... ]  

DESCRIPTION

transmission 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

-? --help
Show help options
-p --paused
Start with all torrents paused
-m --minimized
Start minimized in system tray
-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 http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more information.

Multiple .torrent files may be added at startup by appending them on the command line. If transmission 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

An -nosplit transmission was written by An Charles Kerr , An Josh Elsasser , An Eric Petit , and An Mitchell Livingston .  

SEE ALSO

transmissioncli(1), transmission-daemon1, transmission-remote1

http://www.transmissionbt.com/