btpd(1)

NAME

btpd -- bittorrent protocol daemon

btpd [options]

This manual page briefly documents the btpd command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

btpd is the BitTorrent Protocol Daemon.

--bw-in n Limit incoming BitTorrent traffic to n kB/s.: Default is 0 which means unlimited.
--bw-out n: Limit outgoing BitTorrent traffic to n kB/s.; Default is 0 which means unlimited.
-d dir The directory in which to run btpd. Default is '$HOME/.btpd'.
--logfile file: Where to put the logfile. By default it's put in the btpd dir.
--max-peers n: Limit the amount of peers to n.
--max-uploads n: Controls the number of simultaneous uploads.; The possible values are:; n < -1 : Choose n >= 2 based on --bw-out (default).; n = -1 : Upload to every interested peer.; n = 0 : Dont't upload to anyone.; n > 0 : Upload to at most n peers simultaneously.
--no-daemon: Keep the btpd process in the foregorund and log to std{out,err}.; This options is intended for debugging purposes.
-p n --port n: Listen on port n. Default is 6881.
--prealloc n: Preallocate disk space in chunks of n kB. Default is 2048. Note that n will be rounded up to the closest multiple of the torrent piece size. If n is zero no preallocation will be done.
--help Show summary of options.

This manual page was written by Ludvig Omholt <ludde@ludde.net> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the same terms as the btpd software itself.