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Date:      Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:36:59 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: command-line bittorrent utility
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806261934510.76234@thor.farley.org>
In-Reply-To: <486422EF.3070501@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <486422EF.3070501@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> I am looking for a command-line utility that can fetch via bittorrent
> that
>
> a) doesn't use curses.  It must be usable in a script and without a
> tty!
>
> b) doesn't use X11.  Must be a command-line utility!
>
> c) Must be able to inform the script when the transfer is complete.  A
> callback mechanism of some kind is fine as long as it doesn't require
> polling.
>
> This is for distribution of files within a LAN and WAN: I have some
> large files that I need to distribute to many machines, and pushing
> them all out multiple times from the server is inefficient.

More choices:
1. /usr/ports/net-p2p/transmission
2. /usr/ports/net-p2p/transmission-daemon

Sean
-- 
scf@FreeBSD.org



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