From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 04:33:39 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 E916D1065675 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:33:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-127.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-127.bluehost.com [67.222.38.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B568E8FC17 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:33:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 27225 invoked by uid 0); 12 Jun 2008 04:33:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 12 Jun 2008 04:33:37 -0000 Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K6eVF-00034f-Hc for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:33:37 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:29:14 -0600 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:29:14 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080612042914.GA5759@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <5.2.0.9.2.20080611141050.00c44e58@192.168.0.30> <8d23ec860806111108u7f2d7ce2yfd09da746d8e9d15@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UugvWAfsgieZRqgk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8d23ec860806111108u7f2d7ce2yfd09da746d8e9d15@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} DomainKey-Status: no signature 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: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:33:40 -0000 --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:08:13PM -0400, Schiz0 wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Steve Lake wrote: > > Hi all. Ok, I'm curious of something. I've done torrents befor= e via > > the graphical interface before, but I want to setup a way to download i= sos > > and various FOSS apps via bittorrent, but I want to do it via the conso= le 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 th= ere's > > a way to do this, I'd love to know how. > > >=20 > Look into rTorrent. It's excellent. It's CLI, and runs perfect inside > a screen session. It supports encryption, prioritization, and all > other major features of any good client. I just started using rTorrent recently, and discovered that it's pretty much exactly what I want from a CLI/console BitTorrent client so far. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Marvin Minsky: "It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game." --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhQphoACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWmWACgsm2PZ42MzpMFR7d2oeEH6MmB SEcAoOow0m/68IQtFVDTWGo7k+moar8H =yZN1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk--