Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:17:51 +0200 From: Jille Timmermans <jille@hexon.cx> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: command-line bittorrent utility Message-ID: <4864239F.1050308@hexon.cx> In-Reply-To: <486422EF.3070501@FreeBSD.org> References: <486422EF.3070501@FreeBSD.org>
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(enhanced) ctorrent Kris Kennaway schreef: > I am looking for a command-line utility that can fetch via bittorrent > that > > a) doesn't use curses. It must be usable in a script and without a tty! > > b) doesn't use X11. Must be a command-line utility! > > c) Must be able to inform the script when the transfer is complete. A > callback mechanism of some kind is fine as long as it doesn't require > polling. > > This is for distribution of files within a LAN and WAN: I have some > large files that I need to distribute to many machines, and pushing > them all out multiple times from the server is inefficient. > > Things that come close: > > * The python implementation, but it doesn't seem to work very > reliably. I get errors and exceptions from both the client and server > when transferring a file with only two machines participating. > > * http://www.murmeldjur.se/btpd/ is a daemon with command line client. > It doesn't provide for c), and it also doesn't work reliably. > > * Not much else. > > Surely I am not the first person to want to use bittorrent in a script? > > Kris > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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