From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 28 23:36:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2D6106566C for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:36:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f213.google.com (mail-ew0-f213.google.com [209.85.219.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB488FC13 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:36:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so3161662ewy.43 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:36:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GpVV1TYP7b/1fI0nhRjxR+HdFYRFUTzPG6RVzvdDsUQ=; b=rkRCnRY6E2NaVVS+abm9wmHMHx/NjYsSnavLjv94IuK8/xXymI5zwO9LNcy5+VcgNt 4u6NUD1Z4iolGQKIEjB8B6ao0ph6f0mqVLqPR7LidHnrW0gZNHXlaEdHB5cL6nz9Irlf ybk0ocCNhPO5ZQe0mJh+dj4n/rV9IiJwdWgWg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=cQtDc4vT728Lfr3I8Yb1YuHiZiI+Uo4vmHRTkN+c/UsqsaVfTZQZtXIqhHx4ZD6Pf0 vkP5BmUHvF8JUcVGWpI8RzSH6pp7VySBmaRaoRAzO0Dvupx0qLgNetPFX3lA1wvuruBc eK+89UNgKAjoU/zMkazEcJ50gEv2eG8eiI/Lc= Received: by 10.210.28.4 with SMTP id b4mr2733035ebb.90.1246232196030; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:36:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm5945656eyh.0.2009.06.28.16.36.30 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:36:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:36:22 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090629003622.0a0e6a5f@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <26face530906281331q50afe3dela4886e2120104b74@mail.gmail.com> References: <26face530906281331q50afe3dela4886e2120104b74@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.2; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Using ctorrent or other program to seed a torrent X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:36:37 -0000 On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:31:41 -0700 Kelly Jones 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.