Re: Creating torrent files

On 1:10:44 pm 2007-01-21 Charles Clark <cmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> | From:     "Eric G." <ipsecsa@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> | I'm using createtorrent-1.0.0 but it doesn't recurse directories,
> | which is a real pain.
> | 
> | What is everyone using to create torrents using the cli?
> 
> I use "btmakemetafile.py", which is part of BitTornado. I'm
> using FreeBSD, where you get it via installing the
> "py24-BitTornado" port/package. This will also give you
> "btshowmetainfo.py" for examining dot torrent files, and the
> sometimes (but infrequently) useful "btrename.py" and
> "btreannounce.py".
> 
> On Ubunto, I think you can get it with "bittornado", and you
> can skip installing "bittornado-gui" (unless you plan to use
> the bittornado bittorrent client under X11, but if you were
> planning on that you probably wouldn't be using rtorrent).
> 
I use ctorrent to create torrents when I need to. And if I need to manage
metainfo there's a nice gtk+2 app that can do it(chcek www.freshmeat.net)

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