Create torrents from the command line
24th May 2011
I just found the py3createtorrent python script today, as I was trying to create a torrent file for the GNOME 3 DVD.
I'd been using ktorrent to create torrents (and rtorrent to seed them), but since I don't run KDE or ktorrent, (I run windowmaker) it's kind of a PITA.
I love my command line, and was happy to find this python script.
Like all things linux, it takes a bit of work at the beginning to configure it, but once that's done, it's as simple as
Part of the configuration allows you to add as many tracker URLs as you like, and you can call them by whatever you named the array ("trackers" in the above example), whereupon it adds all those URLs when it generates a torrent.
It requires python 3.x, and it's licensed under the GPL. It runs wherever python does, which includes (among others) linux, OS X and Windows.
HOORAY! No more adding each tracker URL one at a time (GOODBYE KTORRENT)!
py3createtorrent - RobertNitsch.de
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I'd been using ktorrent to create torrents (and rtorrent to seed them), but since I don't run KDE or ktorrent, (I run windowmaker) it's kind of a PITA.
I love my command line, and was happy to find this python script.
Like all things linux, it takes a bit of work at the beginning to configure it, but once that's done, it's as simple as
py3createtorrent file-or-folder-name trackers
Part of the configuration allows you to add as many tracker URLs as you like, and you can call them by whatever you named the array ("trackers" in the above example), whereupon it adds all those URLs when it generates a torrent.
It requires python 3.x, and it's licensed under the GPL. It runs wherever python does, which includes (among others) linux, OS X and Windows.
HOORAY! No more adding each tracker URL one at a time (GOODBYE KTORRENT)!
py3createtorrent - RobertNitsch.de