BTMAKEMETAFILE(1)

NAME
Btmakemetafile - manual page for btmakemetafile <trackerurl> <file> [file...] [params...]

SYNOPSIS
btmakemetafile <trackerurl> <file> [file...] [params...]

DESCRIPTION
btmakemetafile is a program that is used to generate the torrent info files that are distributed to bittorrent clients (usually over http) to inform them of where the designated tracker for the torrent is located, and to enable them to verify the file's contents.

btmakemetafile requires two arguments. The first is the file that you wish to generate a torrent info file for. The second is the "announce" address of a tracker (ex. http://127.0.0.1:6969/announce).

OPTIONS

--announce_list <arg>

    a list of announce tracker URLs for redundancy/backup (defaults to '')

    the accepted format is:

    url[,url...][|url[,url...]...]

    where URLs separated by commas are all tried first before the next group of URLs separated by the pipe is checked. If none is given, it is assumed you don't want one in the metafile. If announce_list is given, clients which support it will ignore the <announce> value.

--piece_size_pow2 <arg>

    which power of 2 to set the piece size to (0 = automatic) (defaults to 0)

--comment <arg>

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

--target <arg>

    optional target file for the torrent (defaults to '')

EXAMPLES

    http://tracker1.com|http://tracker2.com|http://tracker3.com

    (tries trackers 1-3 in order)

    http://tracker1.com,http://tracker2.com,http://tracker3.com

    (tries trackers 1-3 in a randomly selected order)

    http://tracker1.com|http://backup1.com,http://backup2.com

    (tries tracker 1 first, then tries between the 2 backups randomly)

SEE ALSO
bittorrent-downloader(1), btrename(1), btreannounce(1), bttrack(1).

AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Micah Anderson <micah@riseup.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).