transmission-create - Man Page

command-line utility to create .torrent files

Examples (TL;DR)

Create a torrent with 2048 KB as the piece size: transmission-create -o path/to/example.torrent --tracker tracker_announce_url --piecesize 2048 path/to/file_or_directory
Create a private torrent with a 2048 KB piece size: transmission-create -p -o path/to/example.torrent --tracker tracker_announce_url --piecesize 2048 path/to/file_or_directory
Create a torrent with a comment: transmission-create -o path/to/example.torrent --tracker tracker_url1 -c comment path/to/file_or_directory
Create a torrent with multiple trackers: transmission-create -o path/to/example.torrent --tracker tracker_url1 --tracker tracker_url2 path/to/file_or_directory
Display help page: transmission-create --help

transmission-create

[-h] [-p] [-o file] [-c comment] [-t tracker] [-s piece-size-KiB] [source file or directory]

transmission-create creates BitTorrent .torrent files from the command line

-h --help: Show a short help page and exit.
-o --outfile: Save the generated .torrent to this filename.
-p --private: Flag the torrent as intended for use on private trackers.
-c --comment: Add a comment to the torrent file.
-s --piecesize: Set how many KiB each piece should be, overriding the preferred default
-r --source: Set the torrent's source for private trackers
-t --tracker: Add a tracker's announce URL to the .torrent. Most torrents will have at least one announce URL. To add more than one, use this option multiple times.
--anonymize: Omit the optional "created by" and "created date" keys from the generated torrent which otherwise default to the Transmission version number and the current date.

Charles Kerr and Mike Gelfand.

June 9, 2010