How does one *create* a torrent?

Dr_Stein · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:06 am Post subject: How does one *create* a torrent?

I'm trying to find out how I can create a torrent with the following command line bittorrent package.

[ebuild R ] net-p2p/bittorrent-3.4.2-r2

The file that I want to seed/create a torrent of is already on the same server. The box *has NO GUI* at all - only command line access.

Can I do it with just that package? If so, how? I've been searching around here and searching on Google but haven't been successful in my search.

Thanks!

dkmweeks · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:18 am Post subject:

What is a torrent?

Dr_Stein · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:33 am Post subject: SOLVED already

Man, I suck. I should have asked in #bittorrent first. heh.

For the rest of the class...

btmakemetafile.py

jnichols@clutter ~ $ btmakemetafile.py --help
usage is -
/usr/bin/btmakemetafile.py file trackerurl [params]

--piece_size_pow2 <arg>
which power of 2 to set the piece size to (defaults to 1

--comment <arg>
optional human-readable comment to put in .torrent (defaults to '')

--target <arg>
optional target file for the torrent (defaults to '')

jnichols@clutter ~ $

dkmweeks · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:

This is interesting. I'm not familiar with bittorrent. Tell me about it.

Dr_Stein · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject:

http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html is the best place to look. Bittorrent is kind of a unique animal.