Ubuntu Manpage: transmission-daemon

Provided by: transmission-daemon_4.0.5-1build5_amd64

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.