NAME

transmission-qt —

a bittorrent client

SYNOPSIS

transmission-qt -h

transmission-qt [options] [torrent-file ...]

DESCRIPTION

transmission-qt is a fast and easy BitTorrent client.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol which uses a metainfo file (usually with the .torrent file extension) and a central tracker to distribute file data amongst a group of peers. For more information on the BitTorrent protocol see http://www.bittorrent.org/

OPTIONS

-h --help: Show help options
-g, --config-dir directory: Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients. See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/wiki/Configuration-Files for more information.
-m --minimized: Start minimized in notification area
-p, --port port: Port to use when connecting to an existing session
-r, --remote host: Connect to an existing session at the specified hostname
-u, --username username: Username to use when connecting to an existing session
-v, --version: Show version number and exit
-w, --password password: Password to use when connecting to an existing session

Multiple .torrent files may be added at startup by appending them on the command line. If transmission-qt is already running, the torrents will be added to the running instance.

ENVIRONMENT

TRANSMISSION_HOME: Sets the default config-dir.

FILES

~/.config/transmission: The config-dir used when neither [TRANSMISSION_HOME] nor [-g] is specified.

AUTHORS

transmission-qt was written by Charles Kerr, Josh Elsasser, Eric Petit, Mitchell Livingston, and Mike Gelfand.