Man page 1 : transmission

transmission - a bittorrent client

transmission - ? [-pqm] .Op Ar torrent-file ...

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/

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-? --help Show help options
-p --paused Start with all torrents paused
-m --minimized Start minimized in notification area
-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 http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more information.

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

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Ev TRANSMISSION_HOME Sets the default config-dir.

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

.An -nosplit was written by .An Charles Kerr , .An Josh Elsasser , .An Eric Petit , and .An Mitchell Livingston .

transmissioncli(1) , transmission-daemon(1) , transmission-remote(1)

http://www.transmissionbt.com/