From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 18:37:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB45B1065676 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:37:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewberry@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1FA8FC26 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:37:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewberry@sentex.net) Received: from smtp1.sentex.ca (smtp1c.sentex.ca [64.7.153.10]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5BIbCar093802; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:37:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from andrewberry@sentex.net) Received: from [192.168.0.137] (p188ds3inxs.xDSL-1mm.sentex.ca [67.43.135.189]) by smtp1.sentex.ca (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5BIbCZe090361; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:37:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from andrewberry@sentex.net) Message-ID: <48501B4B.1040805@sentex.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:36:59 -0400 From: Andrew Berry User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Lake References: <5.2.0.9.2.20080611141050.00c44e58@192.168.0.30> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20080611141050.00c44e58@192.168.0.30> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/7040/Mon May 5 21:52:15 2008 clamav-milter version 0.93 on clamscanner3 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 64.7.153.18 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about torrents via console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:37:15 -0000 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