NAME
transmission-daemon — a bittorrent client
SYNOPSIS
transmission-daemon -h
transmission-daemon [-a x.x.x.x,...]
[-b | -B]
[-c directory] [-C] [-d]
[-f] [-g directory] [-h]
[-p port]
[-t | -T]
[-u username]
[-v password]
[-P port]
[-m | -M]
[-l limit] [-L limit]
[-er | -ep | -et]
[-utp | -no-utp] [-V]
[-w download-dir]
[-e logfile]
[-x pid-file]
[-log-error | -log-info | -log-debug]
DESCRIPTION
transmission-daemon is a daemon-based Transmission session that can be controlled via RPC commands from transmission’s web interface or transmission-remote(1).
OPTIONS
-a --allowed x.x.x.x,...
Allow RPC access to a comma-delimited whitelist of IP addresses. Wildcards can be specified in an address by using ’*’. Default: "127.0.0.1,::1" Example: "127.0.0.*,192.168.1.*"
-b --blocklist
Enable peer blocklists. Transmission understands the bluetack blocklist file format. New blocklists can be added by copying them into the config-dir’s "blocklists" subdirectory.
-c directory
Directory to watch for new .torrent files to be added. As they are added to this directory, the daemon will load them into Transmission.
-C
Do not watch for new .torrent files.
-B --no-blocklist
Disable blocklists.
-d
Dump transmission-daemon’s settings to stderr.
-f --foreground
Run in the foreground and print errors to stderr.
-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 https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Configuration-Files.md for more information.
-er --encryption-required
Encrypt all peer connections.
-ep --encryption-preferred
Prefer encrypted peer connections.
-et --encryption-tolerated
Prefer unencrypted peer connections.
-gsr --global-seedratio ratio
All torrents, unless overridden by a per-torrent setting, should seed until a specific ratio
-GSR --no-global-seedratio
All torrents, unless overridden by a per-torrent setting, should seed regardless of ratio
-h --help
Print command-line option descriptions.
--incomplete-dir dir
When adding new torrents, store their contents in directory until the torrent is done.
--no-incomplete-dir
Don’t store incomplete torrents in a different directory.
-i --bind-address-ipv4
Listen for IPv4 BitTorrent connections on a specific address. Only one IPv4 listening address is allowed. Default: 0.0.0.0 (All addresses)
-I --bind-address-ipv6
Listen for IPv6 BitTorrent connections on a specific address. Only one IPv6 listening address is allowed. Default: :: (All addresses)
-r --rpc-bind-address
Listen for RPC connections on a specific address. This must be an IPv4 or IPv6 address. Only one RPC listening address is allowed. Default: 0.0.0.0 (All IPv4 addresses)
--paused
Pause all torrents on startup
-L --peerlimit-global limit
Overall peer limit. Useful on embedded systems where the default might be unsuitable. Default: 240
-l --peerlimit-torrent limit
Peer limit per torrent. Useful on embedded systems where the default might be unsuitable. Default: 60
-m --portmap
Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP
-M --no-portmap
Disable portmapping
-o --dht
Enable distributed hash table (DHT).
-O --no-dht
Disable distributed hash table (DHT).
-p --port port
Port to open and listen for RPC requests on. Default: 9091
-P --peerport port
Port to listen for incoming peers on. Default: 51413
-t --auth
Require clients to authenticate themselves. This doesn’t do much good unless username and password are also set.
-T --no-auth
Don’t require authentication from clients.
-u --username username
Used for client authentication.
-v --password password
Used for client authentication.
-V --version
Show version number and exit
--utp
Enable uTP for peer connections.
--no-utp
Disable uTP for peer connections.
-w --download-dir
Where to store downloaded data.
-e --logfile
Where to store transmission’s log messages.
--log-error
Show error messages
--log-info
Show error and info messages
--log-debug
Show error, info, and debug messages
-x --pid-file
Name of PID file
ENVIRONMENT
http_proxy
libcurl uses this environment variable when performing tracker announces.
TRANSMISSION_HOME
Sets the default config-dir.
FILES
~/.config/transmission-daemon
The config-dir used when neither [TRANSMISSION_HOME] nor [-g] is specified. See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/Configuration-Files.md for more information.
AUTHORS
Charles Kerr, Josh Elsasser, Eric Petit, Mitchell Livingston, and Mike Gelfand.
SEE ALSO
transmission-create(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-edit(1), transmission-gtk(1), transmission-qt(1), transmission-remote(1), transmission-show(1)
July 21, 2008