TRANSMISSION-GTK(1) BSD General Commands Manual TRANSMISSION-GTK(1)NAMEtransmission — a bittorrent client
SYNOPSIStransmission -?
transmission [-pqm] [torrent-file ...]
DESCRIPTIONtransmission is a fast and easy BitTorrent client.
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol which uses a metainfo
file (usually with the .torrent file extension) and a central tracker to
distribute file data amongst a group of peers. For more information on
the BitTorrent protocol see http://www.bittorrent.org/
OPTIONS
-? --help
Show help options
-p --paused
Start with all torrents paused
-m --minimized
Start minimized in notification area
-g, --config-dir directory
Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap
between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients. See
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more informa‐
tion.
Multiple .torrent files may be added at startup by appending them on the
command line. If transmission is already running, the torrents will be
added to the running instance.
ENVIRONMENT
TRANSMISSION_HOME
Sets the default config-dir.
FILES
~/.config/transmission
The config-dir used when neither [TRANSMISSION_HOME] nor [-g] is
specified.
AUTHORStransmission was written by Charles Kerr, Josh Elsasser, Eric Petit, and
Mitchell Livingston.
SEE ALSOtransmissioncli(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-remote(1)
http://www.transmissionbt.com/
BSD May 20, 2008 BSD