Question about torrents via console

Nerius Landys nlandys at gmail.com
Wed Jun 11 18:20:46 UTC 2008


F1 (vote yes) to rtorrent.  I have rtorrents running permanently on my
servers, seeding torrent files.  I use screen, just like you suggest.

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Schiz0 <schiz0phrenic21 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Steve Lake <steve.lake at raiden.net> wrote:
> >        Hi all.  Ok, I'm curious of something.  I've done torrents before
> via
> > the graphical interface before, but I want to setup a way to download
> isos
> > and various FOSS apps via bittorrent, but I want to do it via the console
> so
> > I can start a torrent in screen and then walk away, allowing my server to
> > finish the work without having to leave my main workstation running to do
> > the work like I normally do.  I'm using bittornado right now, and if
> there's
> > a way to do this, I'd love to know how.
> >
>
> Look into rTorrent. It's excellent. It's CLI, and runs perfect inside
> a screen session. It supports encryption, prioritization, and all
> other major features of any good client.
>
> http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/
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