BTCHECK(1)

📦 version 2.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 BTCHECK — the bittorrent downloaded data checker, bestie edition 💖

okay so you found btcheck, a lil tool from the btcheck(1) family, and she is literally here to tell you everything about your torrent file and then double-check that the data you downloaded actually matches. queen behavior honestly. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

btcheck [ -h ] [ -V ] [ -v ] [ -q ] [ -n ] [ -z ] [ -i ] [ -l ]
file.torrent

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so btcheck(1) is the girl who does two things and does them well: she lists what's inside a torrent file — the torrent hash value, the tracker announce, the comments, and the whole files list with sizes — and then she checks the hashes of the data you already downloaded that's associated with that torrent file. like a vibe check but for your bytes. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h — show a lil summary of all the options and then dip. bye bestie 👋
  • -V — prints the current version number and exits. the classic "who even am i" move.
  • -v — verbose output, and yes you can stack it multiple times to crank the verbosity level up and up and up. more words, more lore. 🗣️
  • -q — quiet output, so the check success or failure just gets set in the return code instead of yelling at you.
  • -n — do not check the data. super handy when you're rolling with -i, and it's already the default when you use -l.
  • -z — fills in the missing data with zeros while checking, which forces hash computation. (she's not skipping the math, periodt.)
  • -i — show the content of the torrent file you gave her. this includes the files list with their size, the tracker announce, and the torrent hash value. the full tour. ✨
  • -l — list filenames with the size from the given torrent file and don't check the data. just window shopping. 🛍️
  • file.torrent — the torrent file to use. the main character of this whole operation honestly.

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

here's some examples, bestie. you're welcome.

DEFAULT USAGE (CHECKING MODE)

btcheck foo.torrent

LIST FILES DECLARED

btcheck -l bar.torrent

🌈 NOTE 🌈

this program tries to check the data in the directory that's declared inside the torrent file. but if that directory doesn't exist? she just checks in the current directory instead. adaptable queen. 💁‍♀️

💀 BUGS 💀

none as far as I know. not me being humble about it fr fr. 😌

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jean Diraison <jean.diraison@ac-rennes.fr>

🍓 AVAILABILITY 🍓

this tool can be downloaded at http://btcheck.sourceforge.net/ <URL:http://btcheck.sourceforge.net/>. she's distributed under the terms of the GPLv3 License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). free and iconic. 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

btshowmetainfo(1)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the BTCHECK(1) manual, dated 01 janvier 2011 — a whole legend, a whole era, and yes she still ate. mwah. 💖✨

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