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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.33.
.TH BTDOWNLOADCURSES "1" "August 2004" "btdownloadcurses (bittornado)" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Btdownloadcurses \- curses bittornado download interface
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B btdownloadcurses
\fI<global options>\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Arguments are:
.PP
\fB\-\-max_uploads\fR <arg>
.IP
the maximum number of uploads to allow at once. (defaults to 7)
.PP
\fB\-\-keepalive_interval\fR <arg>
.IP
number of seconds to pause between sending keepalives (defaults to 120.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-download_slice_size\fR <arg>
.IP
How many bytes to query for per request. (defaults to 16384)
.PP
\fB\-\-upload_unit_size\fR <arg>
.IP
when limiting upload rate, how many bytes to send at a time (defaults to 1460)
.PP
\fB\-\-request_backlog\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum number of requests to keep in a single pipe at once. (defaults to 10)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_message_length\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum length prefix encoding you'll accept over the wire - larger values get the
connection dropped. (defaults to 8388608)
.PP
\fB\-\-ip\fR <arg>
.IP
ip to report you have to the tracker. (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-minport\fR <arg>
.IP
minimum port to listen on, counts up if unavailable (defaults to 10000)
.PP
\fB\-\-maxport\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum port to listen on (defaults to 60000)
.PP
\fB\-\-random_port\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to choose randomly inside the port range instead of counting up linearly
(defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-responsefile\fR <arg>
.IP
file the server response was stored in, alternative to url (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-url\fR <arg>
.IP
url to get file from, alternative to responsefile (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-selector_enabled\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to enable the file selector and fast resume function (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-expire_cache_data\fR <arg>
.IP
the number of days after which you wish to expire old cache data (0 = disabled) (defaults
to 10)
.PP
\fB\-\-priority\fR <arg>
.IP
a list of file priorities separated by commas, must be one per file, 0 = highest, 1 =
normal, 2 = lowest, \fB\-1\fR = download disabled (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-saveas\fR <arg>
.IP
local file name to save the file as, null indicates query user (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-timeout\fR <arg>
.IP
time to wait between closing sockets which nothing has been received on (defaults to
300.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-timeout_check_interval\fR <arg>
.IP
time to wait between checking if any connections have timed out (defaults to 60.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_slice_length\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum length slice to send to peers, larger requests are ignored (defaults to 131072)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_rate_period\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum amount of time to guess the current rate estimate represents (defaults to 20.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-bind\fR <arg>
.IP
comma-separated list of ips/hostnames to bind to locally (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-ipv6_enabled\fR <arg>
.IP
allow the client to connect to peers via IPv6 (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-ipv6_binds_v4\fR <arg>
.IP
set if an IPv6 server socket will also field IPv4 connections (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-upnp_nat_access\fR <arg>
.IP
attempt to autoconfigure a UPnP router to forward a server port (0 = disabled, 1 = mode 1
[fast], 2 = mode 2 [slow]) (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-upload_rate_fudge\fR <arg>
.IP
time equivalent of writing to kernel-level TCP buffer, for rate adjustment (defaults to
5.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-tcp_ack_fudge\fR <arg>
.IP
how much TCP ACK download overhead to add to upload rate calculations (0 = disabled)
(defaults to 0.029999999999999999)
.PP
\fB\-\-display_interval\fR <arg>
.IP
time between updates of displayed information (defaults to 0.5)
.PP
\fB\-\-rerequest_interval\fR <arg>
.IP
time to wait between requesting more peers (defaults to 300)
.PP
\fB\-\-min_peers\fR <arg>
.IP
minimum number of peers to not do rerequesting (defaults to 20)
.PP
\fB\-\-http_timeout\fR <arg>
.IP
number of seconds to wait before assuming that an http connection has timed out (defaults
to 60)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_initiate\fR <arg>
.IP
number of peers at which to stop initiating new connections (defaults to 40)
.PP
\fB\-\-check_hashes\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to check hashes on disk (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_upload_rate\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum kB/s to upload at (0 = no limit, \fB\-1\fR = automatic) (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_download_rate\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum kB/s to download at (0 = no limit) (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-alloc_type\fR <arg>
.IP
allocation type (may be normal, background, pre-allocate or sparse) (defaults to
\&'normal')
.PP
\fB\-\-alloc_rate\fR <arg>
.IP
rate (in MiB/s) to allocate space at using background allocation (defaults to 2.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-buffer_reads\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to buffer disk reads (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-write_buffer_size\fR <arg>
.IP
the maximum amount of space to use for buffering disk writes (in megabytes, 0 = disabled)
(defaults to 4)
.PP
\fB\-\-snub_time\fR <arg>
.IP
seconds to wait for data to come in over a connection before assuming it's
semi-permanently choked (defaults to 30.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-spew\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to display diagnostic info to stdout (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-rarest_first_cutoff\fR <arg>
.IP
number of downloads at which to switch from random to rarest first (defaults to 2)
.PP
\fB\-\-rarest_first_priority_cutoff\fR <arg>
.IP
the number of peers which need to have a piece before other partials take priority over
rarest first (defaults to 5)
.PP
\fB\-\-min_uploads\fR <arg>
.IP
the number of uploads to fill out to with extra optimistic unchokes (defaults to 4)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_files_open\fR <arg>
.IP
the maximum number of files to keep open at a time, 0 means no limit (defaults to 50)
.PP
\fB\-\-round_robin_period\fR <arg>
.IP
the number of seconds between the client's switching upload targets (defaults to 30)
.PP
\fB\-\-super_seeder\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to use special upload-efficiency-maximizing routines (only for dedicated seeds)
(defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-security\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to enable extra security features intended to prevent abuse (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_connections\fR <arg>
.IP
the absolute maximum number of peers to connect with (0 = no limit) (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-auto_kick\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to allow the client to automatically kick/ban peers that send bad data (defaults
to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-double_check\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to double-check data being written to the disk for errors (may increase CPU load)
(defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-triple_check\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to thoroughly check data being written to the disk (may slow disk access)
(defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-lock_files\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to lock files the client is working with (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-lock_while_reading\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to lock access to files being read (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-auto_flush\fR <arg>
.IP
minutes between automatic flushes to disk (0 = disabled) (defaults to 0)
.PP
Arguments are:
.PP
\fB\-\-max_uploads\fR <arg>
.IP
the maximum number of uploads to allow at once. (defaults to 7)
.PP
\fB\-\-keepalive_interval\fR <arg>
.IP
number of seconds to pause between sending keepalives (defaults to 120.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-download_slice_size\fR <arg>
.IP
How many bytes to query for per request. (defaults to 16384)
.PP
\fB\-\-upload_unit_size\fR <arg>
.IP
when limiting upload rate, how many bytes to send at a time (defaults to 1460)
.PP
\fB\-\-request_backlog\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum number of requests to keep in a single pipe at once. (defaults to 10)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_message_length\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum length prefix encoding you'll accept over the wire - larger values get the
connection dropped. (defaults to 8388608)
.PP
\fB\-\-ip\fR <arg>
.IP
ip to report you have to the tracker. (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-minport\fR <arg>
.IP
minimum port to listen on, counts up if unavailable (defaults to 10000)
.PP
\fB\-\-maxport\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum port to listen on (defaults to 60000)
.PP
\fB\-\-random_port\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to choose randomly inside the port range instead of counting up linearly
(defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-responsefile\fR <arg>
.IP
file the server response was stored in, alternative to url (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-url\fR <arg>
.IP
url to get file from, alternative to responsefile (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-selector_enabled\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to enable the file selector and fast resume function (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-expire_cache_data\fR <arg>
.IP
the number of days after which you wish to expire old cache data (0 = disabled) (defaults
to 10)
.PP
\fB\-\-priority\fR <arg>
.IP
a list of file priorities separated by commas, must be one per file, 0 = highest, 1 =
normal, 2 = lowest, \fB\-1\fR = download disabled (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-saveas\fR <arg>
.IP
local file name to save the file as, null indicates query user (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-timeout\fR <arg>
.IP
time to wait between closing sockets which nothing has been received on (defaults to
300.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-timeout_check_interval\fR <arg>
.IP
time to wait between checking if any connections have timed out (defaults to 60.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_slice_length\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum length slice to send to peers, larger requests are ignored (defaults to 131072)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_rate_period\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum amount of time to guess the current rate estimate represents (defaults to 20.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-bind\fR <arg>
.IP
comma-separated list of ips/hostnames to bind to locally (defaults to '')
.PP
\fB\-\-ipv6_enabled\fR <arg>
.IP
allow the client to connect to peers via IPv6 (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-ipv6_binds_v4\fR <arg>
.IP
set if an IPv6 server socket will also field IPv4 connections (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-upnp_nat_access\fR <arg>
.IP
attempt to autoconfigure a UPnP router to forward a server port (0 = disabled, 1 = mode 1
[fast], 2 = mode 2 [slow]) (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-upload_rate_fudge\fR <arg>
.IP
time equivalent of writing to kernel-level TCP buffer, for rate adjustment (defaults to
5.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-tcp_ack_fudge\fR <arg>
.IP
how much TCP ACK download overhead to add to upload rate calculations (0 = disabled)
(defaults to 0.029999999999999999)
.PP
\fB\-\-display_interval\fR <arg>
.IP
time between updates of displayed information (defaults to 0.5)
.PP
\fB\-\-rerequest_interval\fR <arg>
.IP
time to wait between requesting more peers (defaults to 300)
.PP
\fB\-\-min_peers\fR <arg>
.IP
minimum number of peers to not do rerequesting (defaults to 20)
.PP
\fB\-\-http_timeout\fR <arg>
.IP
number of seconds to wait before assuming that an http connection has timed out (defaults
to 60)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_initiate\fR <arg>
.IP
number of peers at which to stop initiating new connections (defaults to 40)
.PP
\fB\-\-check_hashes\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to check hashes on disk (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_upload_rate\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum kB/s to upload at (0 = no limit, \fB\-1\fR = automatic) (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_download_rate\fR <arg>
.IP
maximum kB/s to download at (0 = no limit) (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-alloc_type\fR <arg>
.IP
allocation type (may be normal, background, pre-allocate or sparse) (defaults to
\&'normal')
.PP
\fB\-\-alloc_rate\fR <arg>
.IP
rate (in MiB/s) to allocate space at using background allocation (defaults to 2.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-buffer_reads\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to buffer disk reads (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-write_buffer_size\fR <arg>
.IP
the maximum amount of space to use for buffering disk writes (in megabytes, 0 = disabled)
(defaults to 4)
.PP
\fB\-\-snub_time\fR <arg>
.IP
seconds to wait for data to come in over a connection before assuming it's
semi-permanently choked (defaults to 30.0)
.PP
\fB\-\-spew\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to display diagnostic info to stdout (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-rarest_first_cutoff\fR <arg>
.IP
number of downloads at which to switch from random to rarest first (defaults to 2)
.PP
\fB\-\-rarest_first_priority_cutoff\fR <arg>
.IP
the number of peers which need to have a piece before other partials take priority over
rarest first (defaults to 5)
.PP
\fB\-\-min_uploads\fR <arg>
.IP
the number of uploads to fill out to with extra optimistic unchokes (defaults to 4)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_files_open\fR <arg>
.IP
the maximum number of files to keep open at a time, 0 means no limit (defaults to 50)
.PP
\fB\-\-round_robin_period\fR <arg>
.IP
the number of seconds between the client's switching upload targets (defaults to 30)
.PP
\fB\-\-super_seeder\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to use special upload-efficiency-maximizing routines (only for dedicated seeds)
(defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-security\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to enable extra security features intended to prevent abuse (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-max_connections\fR <arg>
.IP
the absolute maximum number of peers to connect with (0 = no limit) (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-auto_kick\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to allow the client to automatically kick/ban peers that send bad data (defaults
to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-double_check\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to double-check data being written to the disk for errors (may increase CPU load)
(defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-triple_check\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to thoroughly check data being written to the disk (may slow disk access)
(defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-lock_files\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to lock files the client is working with (defaults to 1)
.PP
\fB\-\-lock_while_reading\fR <arg>
.IP
whether to lock access to files being read (defaults to 0)
.PP
\fB\-\-auto_flush\fR <arg>
.IP
minutes between automatic flushes to disk (0 = disabled) (defaults to 0)
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