NAME
mktorrent - simple BitTorrent metainfo file creator
SYNOPSIS
mktorrent [OPTIONS] <target directory or filename>
DESCRIPTION
mktorrent is a command line utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files used by trackers and torrent clients. It can create metainfo files for single files or complete directories in a fast way.
OPTIONS
-a, --announce=<url>[,<url>...]
Specify the full announce URLs. Additional -a adds backup trackers.
-c, --comment=<comment>
Add a comment to the metainfo.
-d, --no-date
Don’t write the creation date.
-h, --help
Show this help screen.
-l, --piece-length=<n>
Set the piece length to 2^n bytes. Default is 18, that is 2^18 = 256kB.
-n, --name=<name>
Set the name of the torrent. Default is the basename of the target.
-o, --output=<filename>
Set the path and filename of the created file. Default is <name>.torrent.
-p, --private
Set the private flag.
-s, --source=<source>
Add source string embedded in infohash.
-t, --threads=<n>
Use <n> threads for calculating hashes. Default is the number of CPU cores.
-v, --verbose
Be verbose.
-w, --web-seed=<url>[,<url>...]
Add web seed URLs. Additional -w adds more URLs.
AUTHORS
Originally written by Emil Renner Berthing <esmil [AT] mailme.dk>.
This manpage was written for the Debian mktorrent package by Paride Legovini <paride [AT] debian.org> and Nico Golde <nion [AT] debian.org>.
REPORTING BUGS
Please use the GitHub issue tracker <https://github.com/pobrn/mktorrent/issues>;.
COPYRIGHT
This program is Free Software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
SEE ALSO
More documentation at: <https://github.com/pobrn/mktorrent/wiki>;.