ctorrent(1)

✨ ctorrent — the manual page, but make it a group chat ✨

okay so bestie, gather round, because this is ctorrent(1) and it's literally the moment. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ctorrent — download bittorrent files from command line. yes, from the command line. no GUI, no nonsense, just vibes and bytes. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ctorrent - [options] *.torrent

like. that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

okay this is the part where I need you to lock in, bestie, because there are a LOT of them and they ALL matter.

• -a — Preallocate files on disk. claiming your space up front, main character energy. 👑
• -A USER-AGENT-STRING — Set the User-Agent header (default "Enhanced-CTorrent/dnh3.2"). yes you get to pick your own little name tag. iconic.
• -b FILE — Bitfield save FILE (default is torrent+".bf"). gotta remember where you left off. 🧠
• -c — Check pieces only, don't download. it's giving "just looking, not buying". 🙈
• -d — Daemon mode (fork to background). it leaves the chat but keeps working. lowkey the most reliable friend. ✨
• -D rate — Max bandwidth down, in units of KiB/s. throttle it, babe.
• -e hours — Exit while seed HOURS later (default 72 hours). it will literally just get up and leave after 72 hours unless you say otherwise. no note. 💀
• -E ratio — Exit after seeding to RATIO (UL:DL). hit the ratio, dip out. periodt.
• -f — Force saved bitfield or seed mode (skip initial hash check). skipping the check is fast but, bestie, it's a trust fall. 🫶
• -h | -H — Display short help. the "just tell me what to do" button.
• -i IP — Listen for connections on a specific IP address (default all/any). choose your address, choose your vibe.
• -l LENGTH — Piece length (default 262144). the size of each lil piece. 🍓
• -m PEERS-MIN — Min peers count (default 1). don't be lonely out there.
• -M PEERS-MAX — Max peers count (default 100). okay but also don't be too popular. 💅
• -n FILE-NBR-LIST — Specify file number(s) to download. pick your faves from the bundle.
• -p PORT — Listen PORT (default 2706 -> 2106). pick your door. 🚪
• -P ID — Set the Peer ID prefix (default "-CD0302-"). your little nametag in the swarm. 🎀
• -s SAVEFILE|DIR — Download ("save as") to a different file or directory. glow-up your file location.
• -t — Create a new torrent file. not me making my OWN torrent. ✨
• -t URL — Tracker's URL. tell it where the tracker lives.
• -v — Verbose output (for debugging). it's giving "tell me EVERYTHING". 🗣️
• -x — Decode metainfo (torrent) file only, don't download. just peek inside the box. 👀
• -z SLICE-SIZE — Download slice/block size, unit KB (default 16, max 128). small slices, big dreams. 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

CTorrent is a BitTorrent Client program written in C/C++. Fast and small are CTorrent's two strengths. no cap. fr fr. it does not do too much, and honestly that's the whole point. 🔥

🌟 EXAMPLES 🌟

ctorrent -s save.iso -e 12 -C 32 -p 6881 iso.torrent

look at her go. ✨

🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

None. nothing. empty. it needs zero environment variables and it is thriving. 💅

🎀 FILES 🎀

None. also nothing here. she travels light. 🦋

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

azureus(1) bittornado(1) bittorrent(1) ktorrent(1) qbittorrent(1) qtorrent(1) rtorrent(1) transmission-cli(1)

the whole friend group, basically. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version.

The program development was discontinued 2006-06-07. See project page https://sourceforge.net/projects/ctorrent

rip to the development timeline, but honestly? the legacy ate. 😭

and that's the page, bestie — ctorrent, page 1 of this manual, all wrapped up 2008-10-11. go download something. 💖✨🎀