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NAME

       mktorrent - simple BitTorrent metainfo file creator

SYNOPSIS

       mktorrent [OPTIONS] <target directory or filename>

DESCRIPTION

       mktorrent  is  a  text-based  utility  to  create  BitTorrent metainfo files used by trackers and torrent
       clients.  It can create metainfo files for single files or complete directories in a fast way.

OPTIONS

       -a <url>[,<url>]*

              specify the full tracker announce URLs. At least one is required  and  additional  -a  add  backup
              trackers

       -c <comment>

              add a comment to the metainfo

       -d

              don't write the creation date

       -h

              show help screen

       -l <n>

              set the piece length to 2^n bytes, default is 18, that is 2^18 = 256kb

       -n <name>

              set the name of the torrent, default is the basename of the target

       -o <filename>

              set the path and filename of the created file, default is <name>.torrent

       -p

              set the private flag (dissalow DHT and Peer Exchange)

       -v

              verbose output

       -w <url>[,<url>]*

              add web seed URLs, additional -w add more URLs

COPYRIGH

       This  program  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software  Foundation;  either  version  2,  or  (at  your
       option) any later version.

AUTHORS

       Emil Renner Berthing <esmil@users.sourceforge.net>

       This manpage was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution by Nico Golde <nion@debian.org>

BUGS

       Please  send  bug  reports,  patches,  feature  requests, praise and general gossip about the program to:
       esmil@users.sourceforge.net

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