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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>
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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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