Re: Using ctorrent or other program to seed a torrent
Thanks to everyone who helped. A couple of clarifications: % I'm not trying to share a file I downloaded. This is a file I created from scratch. % I don't want to seed for just 12 hours. I want to seed for days, maybe even weeks or months. % I don't necessarily want to run a tracker. I'm happy to use a public tracker like thepiratebay.org. I just want to seed the file. Is ctorrent the wrong program for this? Is there a better program to seed torrents? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. On 6/28/09, Kelly Jones kelly.terry.jo...@gmail.com wrote: I know how to use ctorrent to create a torrent file, but how do I actually seed the resulting file so that others can get it, and how do I 'register' myself w/ a tracker so that others will know what IP address to connect to, etc? Can ctorrent seed torrents, or do I need another program for that? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using ctorrent or other program to seed a torrent
On 6/28/09, Kelly Jones kelly.terry.jo...@gmail.com wrote: I know how to use ctorrent to create a torrent file, but how do I actually seed the resulting file so that others can get it, and how do I 'register' myself w/ a tracker so that others will know what IP address to connect to, etc? I haven't done it in a while, but after you create the .torrent file, you upload the .torrent file to the tracker. That's basically all the registration you need to do. The .torrent file contains the information other clients need to download the file. You then start seeding the file with your client, which connects to the tracker and advertises the availability of the file. To seed the file, you basically just do exactly what you would do if you were trying to download the torrent, using the -E or -e option to specify how long you want to seed after the download completes. You should run ctorrent in the directory where you created the torrent (or at least in a directory with a copy of the file and the .torrent file), so it will already have the downloaded file. Seeding will begin as soon as it gets itself organized. I THINK that -e 0 will cause it to seed forever, but if not, -e will give you more than a year. I used to use -e 999, which is a little over 41 days. If you want it to get out of your way and hide in the background, run it as a daemon, e.g.: ctorrent -d -e nameoffile.torrent Can ctorrent seed torrents, or do I need another program for that? Yes, ctorrent automatically seeds for 72 hours after it finishes the download, and you can adjust that. -- Bob Johnson fbsdli...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Using ctorrent or other program to seed a torrent
I know how to use ctorrent to create a torrent file, but how do I actually seed the resulting file so that others can get it, and how do I 'register' myself w/ a tracker so that others will know what IP address to connect to, etc? Can ctorrent seed torrents, or do I need another program for that? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using ctorrent or other program to seed a torrent
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:31:41 -0700 Kelly Jones kelly.terry.jo...@gmail.com wrote: I know how to use ctorrent to create a torrent file, but how do I actually seed the resulting file so that others can get it, and how do I 'register' myself w/ a tracker so that others will know what IP address to connect to, etc? There are two kinds of trackers, closed and open. With a closed tracker you usually have to upload the torrent file on a website. With open trackers you don't need to do anything other than specify the URLs of the trackers when you create the torrent file. Can ctorrent seed torrents, or do I need another program for that? I would imagine so, or you wouldn't be able to seed after downloading. With most clients you can place the file or directory in the download location, load the torrent file and then tell the client to verify the download. It'll then detect that it's complete and switch to seeding. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
