Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:50:49 +0200 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Jille Timmermans <jille@hexon.cx> Subject: Re: command-line bittorrent utility Message-ID: <3a142e750806270650x338e7c49oaf2fab603fb636b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48642B77.90104@FreeBSD.org> References: <486422EF.3070501@FreeBSD.org> <4864239F.1050308@hexon.cx> <48642B77.90104@FreeBSD.org>
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On 6/27/08, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> wrote: > Jille Timmermans wrote: >> (enhanced) ctorrent > > Seems to fail requirement a). Am I wrong? > > Kris > enhanced ctorrent is actual ctorrent from ports. it doesnt use ncurses. ldd /usr/local/bin/ctorrent /usr/local/bin/ctorrent: libssl.so.5 => /usr/lib/libssl.so.5 (0x280a7000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x280e8000) libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x281db000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x281f4000) libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x281ff000) libcrypto.so.5 => /lib/libcrypto.so.5 (0x28306000) transmission also doesnt use ncurses. the only one I'm aware of that use ncurses is rtorrent. >> >> Kris Kennaway schreef: >>> 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. >>> >>> Things that come close: >>> >>> * The python implementation, but it doesn't seem to work very >>> reliably. I get errors and exceptions from both the client and server >>> when transferring a file with only two machines participating. >>> >>> * http://www.murmeldjur.se/btpd/ is a daemon with command line client. >>> It doesn't provide for c), and it also doesn't work reliably. >>> >>> * Not much else. >>> >>> Surely I am not the first person to want to use bittorrent in a script? >>> >>> Kris >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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