TRANSMISSION-QT(1)

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version 4.1.4 · 3 versions
, in arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 TRANSMISSION-QT(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for transmission-qt — yes, the one and only, the icon, the moment 💅

✨ NAME ✨

transmission-qt — a bittorrent client 🦋 (that's literally the whole vibe, she's a BitTorrent client, and she's serving)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

transmission-qt -h
transmission-qt [options] [torrent-file ...]

that's it, that's the whole entrance 🙈 either you ask for help, or you hand her some torrent files and let her cook 🔥

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so transmission-qt is a fast and easy BitTorrent client. fast. easy. no notes. periodt ✨

and like, what even is BitTorrent, you ask? bestie. it's a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol 💖 it uses a metainfo file (which usually has the .torrent file extension, iykyk) plus a central tracker to spread the file data around amongst a whole group of peers 🌈

want the full lore on the BitTorrent protocol? the source material is right here, no cap:

http://www.bittorrent.org/

💅 OPTIONS 💅

she's got options, and honestly? every one of them ate 👑

  • -h, --help — show help options. the classic "bestie what do you do" button 🫶
  • -g, --config-dir directory — tells her where to look for configuration files. super handy for swapping between the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients, so you can hop between them like it's nothing 💁‍♀️ more info lives here: https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Configuration-Files.md
  • -m, --minimized — start minimized in the notification area. she's shy, she's lowkey, she's lurking in your tray 🙈
  • -p, --port port — the port to use when connecting to an existing session 🔌
  • -r, --remote host — connect to an existing session at the specified hostname. long distance relationship, but make it a socket 🦋
  • -u, --username username — username to use when connecting to an existing session 🫶
  • -v, --version — show version number and exit. quick lil "who even am I" moment 💫
  • -w, --password password — password to use when connecting to an existing session 🤫

okay so multiple .torrent files can be added at startup by just appending them on the command line, bestie. and here's the tea: if transmission-qt is already running, the torrents get added to the running instance instead. she shares, she's generous 🧚

and the actual plot twist 🫢 — a client already running on the same config dir takes over the launch. it receives any torrents you named, or it comes to the front when you named none. either way, no second client starts. and no, that client doesn't have to be transmission-qt — any client sharing the config dir will do. iconic behavior honestly 👑

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • TRANSMISSION_HOME — sets the default config-dir 🏠 like setting a home base for your whole setup, no cap

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • ~/.config/transmission — the config-dir she uses when neither [TRANSMISSION_HOME] nor [-g] is specified. the fallback queen, the default diva 💜

👑 AUTHORS 👑

transmission-qt was written by Charles Kerr, Josh Elsasser, Eric Petit, Mitchell Livingston, and Mike Gelfand 💖 absolute legends, the whole founding friend group, we stan forever 🫶

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read these next, bestie, they're all in the same friend group 💅

and also:

https://transmissionbt.com/

okay that's the whole page, and honestly? she ate. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶🔥👑 no second client starts, no cap. now go download something, main character 🌈⭐

this page is dated June 26, 2010 — yeah, she's been iconic since day one, a true vintage diva, and that's TRANSMISSION-QT(1), periodt 💜

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