Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:36:59 -0400 From: Andrew Berry <andrewberry@sentex.net> To: Steve Lake <steve.lake@raiden.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about torrents via console Message-ID: <48501B4B.1040805@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20080611141050.00c44e58@192.168.0.30> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20080611141050.00c44e58@192.168.0.30>
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Steve Lake 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. At least on Debian, the bittornado port includes the curses interface. It was called 'btdownload.curses' I think. It's possible it is all ready installed or is available via ports. Another possibility is to run a GUI client in a VNC session. I do this with Azureus and am quite pleased with it. --Andrew
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