Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:28:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Luke Dean <LukeD@pobox.com> To: Steve Lake <steve.lake@raiden.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about torrents via console Message-ID: <20080611142417.V39530@border.lukas.is-a-geek.org> 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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> 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. I run bittornado's btlaunchmany.py script through screen (sysutils/screen) for the very reason you describe. It's been working great for years.
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