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NAME

       gtk-gnutella - A Gnutella client for Gtk+

SYNOPSIS

       gtk-gnutella

DESCRIPTION

       gtk-gnutella  is  a  GTK+ Gnutella client for Unix. It supports both searching and sharing
       with the 0.6 version of the Gnutella protocol and includes support for  numerous  protocol
       improvements and additions that have been added to the Gnutella network since.

       The  Gnutella  network  allows  users  to  search  for files and to advertise files shared
       locally, but is not handling file transfers which is done through HTTP.  The  addition  of
       Gnutella-specific  HTTP  headers  makes each Gnutella client a powerful file swarmer where
       even firewalled hosts can contribute.

       Great care has been devoted into making gtk-gnutella powerful, efficient and reliable.

OPTIONS

       --compile-info
              Tell  gtk-gnutella  to  output  a  list  of   variables   describing   compile-time
              configuration information that was gathered when the program was built.

       --daemonize
              This  options causes gtk-gnutella to become a daemon. It detaches from the terminal
              (if started from one) and forks itself into the  background.  It  also  changes  it
              working  directory to the root directory i.e., "/" so that it doesn't block a mount
              point for example. This is mainly meant for headless mode but you can also  use  it
              if the Gtk+ GUI is enabled.

              For  example,  if  you  do not start gtk-gnutella from a terminal but from a window
              manager menu, there's little reason to not daemonize gtk-gnutella. Thus  you  might
              want to add the --daemonize option in this case.

              Please  note  that  when  gtk-gnutella  is  started as a daemon all output which is
              normally send to the standard  output  and  standard  error  output  (usually  your
              terminal  or  a  common log file such as ~/.xsession-errors), is sent to /dev/null.
              The options --log-stderr and --log-stdout can be used to  redirect  log  output  in
              this case.

       --exec-on-crash path
              Execute command specified in path when gtk-gnutella crashes.

       --geometry
              This  option  can be used to force the main window of the GUI to a certain location
              on your screen and/or give it certain dimensions.

              For example, the following would position the window in the lower right corner with
              a width of 800 pixels and a height of 600 pixels:

                  gtk-gnutella --geometry 800x600-0-0

              Note  that none of this can be guaranteed, your window manager has the last word on
              this. This option is a  traditional  command-line  switch  supported  by  most  X11
              applications.

       --minimized
              Launches  gtk-gnutella  with  a  minimized  main  window. Recommended when starting
              gtk-gnutella in the background on login.

       --help Show a summary of all supported options.

       --log-stderr , --log-stdout
              These options allow you to log everything which is written to  stderr  respectively
              stdout to some files. A typical use would look like this:

                 gtk-gnutella --daemonize  \
                      --log-stderr ~/logs/gtkg.stderr \
                      --log-stdout ~/logs/gtkg.stdout

              Redirecting  these  log  messages  also  works without --daemonize.  Of course, log
              files can become  large  and  you  might  want  to  archive  them  or  delete  them
              periodically.  After  moving or deleting the log files, you can send gtk-gnutella a
              SIGHUP signal to create new log files.

       --no-restart
              Prevents gtk-gnutella from auto-restarting itself when crashing on a platform where
              core dumps are not possible or disabled.

       --no-xshm
              Disable  MIT  shared  memory  extension,  when  running  with the X graphical user-
              interface.

       --pause-on-crash
              Pause the process on crash, so that a debugger  may  be  attached  to  inspect  the
              current state for instance.

       --ping This  option  allows  you  to check whether gtk-gnutella is currently running. This
              option returns with a success code when gtk-gnutella is already running, and with a
              failure code when it is not.

              This  allows you to use the following code to start gtk-gnutella from a cron job or
              window manager menu and avoid starting it twice:

                  gtk-gnutella --ping || gtk-gnutella

       --restart-on-crash
              Asks gtk-gnutella to auto-restart itself after crashing on a  platform  where  core
              dumps are allowed.

              Regardless  of  core  dumping  options,  --no-restart will always prevent a restart
              whilst --restart-on-crash will always request one if possible.  It is  not  allowed
              to supply both options at the same time.

       --shell
              When this option is used to connect to an already running gtk-gnutella process over
              a    local    unix    domain    socket.    This    socket     is     located     at
              "$GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/ipc/socket",  thus  normally  "~/.gtk-gnutella/ipc/socket".  The
              socket is only accessible by the user running gtk-gnutella  which  is  enforced  by
              filesystem  permissions.  The socket is in a dedicated directory because apparently
              not all systems honor the  access  permissions  on  sockets  as  seen  through  the
              filesystem.

              You  can  disable  this  feature  by  setting the property "enable_local_socket" to
              FALSE. It is recommendable to use this local socket whenever  possible  instead  of
              the  TCP  socket  to  access  the  shell interface remotely. The reason is that the
              authentication token is passed non-encrypted over the network and everyone who  can
              sniff  the network is able to connect to the remote shell. This may not matter over
              the loopback interface or a LAN, but it's a bad idea to use this over the Internet.

       --version
              Show the user-agent string used on  the  Gnutella  network  which  also  holds  the
              version information.

       --topless
              Starts gtk-gnutella without the graphical user-interface.

GETTING STARTED

       When  gtk-gnutella  is  first  started,  it  will attempt to connect to a well-known hosts
       server for some hosts to connect to. If you know a host you want to connect  to,  you  can
       enter  it in the box on the GnutellaNet tab and push the Add button. When first connecting
       to the gnutella network, it can take some  time  to  establish  a  stable  connection.  Be
       patient.

SEARCHING

       To  search  files  just  type  your  query in the search box at the top of the screen. All
       searches, both active and inactive, are shown in the sidebar.

       You can have multiple searches running at once. To start another search  while  the  first
       one  is  running,  simply  enter  another  search term into the edit box at the top of the
       window.

       To stop a particular search and remove its tab from the search window, select  the  search
       by  clicking on its tab and click the "Close search" button. If you want to clear the list
       for a particular search, but want to continue to see new files that are received for  this
       search, click the "Clear results" button.

       It  is  possible  to  apply  filtering to search results using the filter editor. Click on
       "Edit filters" to access the editor. Use of the filtering editor goes beyond the scope  of
       this man page, but there is a tutorial on this topic on the gtk-gnutella homepage.

       When  you  find  a  file  that you want to download, select the file in the list and click
       "Download selected". This file will be placed in the download queue. On the downloads view
       you can watch the download progress of the file(s) you are downloading.

       It  is  also  possible to select a bunch of files for downloading at once. By holding down
       the control or shift keys while clicking files, you can  select  several  files  and  then
       click "Download selected" to put them all in the download queue at once.

CONFIGURATION

       Most  of  the  configuration  can be done via the "Preferences" window that can be accesed
       using the "File -> Preferences" menu-option.  You will find several tabs there,  each  tab
       regrouping  common  information.  But some specific information pertaining to downloads or
       searches are directly available on the "Downloads" and "Uploads" panes.

       If you linger your mouse over each configuration parameter, a tooltip  window  will  popup
       explaining  the  meaning  of  that  parameter.  You may have to press "Enter" after a text
       input, or move the focus to another parameter to validate your  entry.   Items  configured
       via  spin  buttons normally take effect immediately, unless you type text instead of using
       the spin buttons.

FILES

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/config_gnet
              Per-user configuration file, for core settings. This can be edited when the program
              is  not  running,  but it is best to use the GUI to change configuration variables.
              gtk-gnutella saves this file every time the program is exited normally.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/config_gui
              GUI configuration.  It is best to not edit this file.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/dmesh
              This is where the download mesh is persisted.  You don't need to worry about this.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/dmesh_ban
              This is where temporarily banned download mesh entries are stored.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/done.namesize
              This file holds the name and size of files completely  downloaded  by  gtk-gnutella
              and which will now be ignored.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/done.sha1
              This  file  holds the SHA1 of files completely downloaded by gtk-gnutella and which
              will now be ignored.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/downloads
              This is where the download queue is persisted.  Only  the  direct  downloads  (i.e.
              non-pushed) can be saved, since they don't need routing information.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/hosts
              This  is  the  host  cache. This is saved by gtk-gnutella on exit and should not be
              edited by hand.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/searches.xml
              This is where the open searches and all the search filters are saved.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/sha1_cache
              This is where the cache of all the computed SHA1 is stored.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/tth_cache
              This is the directory under which all the computed TTH  trees  are  stored.   These
              files are binary data.

       $GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR/upload_stats
              This file keeps track of the upload statistics.

ENVIRONMENT

       gtk-gnutella  searches  GTK_GNUTELLA_DIR  for configuration files. If this variable is not
       set, HOME is used instead. If HOME is not set, then no configuration information  will  be
       saved when gtk-gnutella exits.

MAILING LISTS

       There     are     a     couple     of     mailing    lists    for    gtk-gnutella.     See
       http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=4467 for more info.

BUGS

       gtk-gnutella is production-quality software, but still has minor bugs  and  incomplete  or
       missing features.  But which software doesn't for its authors?

       There are probably other missing features that should be listed here.

       A list of known bugs might be available at the gtk-gnutella web site (see below.)

SEE ALSO

       Additional  information  about  gtk-gnutella  and  the  latest  version  are  available at
       http://gtk-gnutella.sourceforge.net/

       Additional  information   about   gnutella   is   available   at   http://www.the-gdf.org/
       http://www.infoanarchy.org/en/Gnutella http://rfc-gnutella.sourceforge.net/

AUTHORS

       Yann Grossel wrote the original gtk-gnutella .

       Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> is the current maintainer and project leader
       (since version 0.14, released early September 2001).
       For support, please contact the developer list, which can  be  reached  at  <gtk-gnutella-
       devel@lists.sourceforge.net>.

       For a full list of contributors, open the "About" menu.

       Brian St. Pierre <bstpierre@bstpierre.org> wrote the initial version of this manpage.

COPYRIGHT

       gtk-gnutella is Copyright (c) 2000, Yann Grossel, with additional copyrights held by other
       contributors 2000-2009.

       License to use and copy gtk-gnutella is given under the terms of the  GNU  General  Public
       License  (GPL),  version  2.  Please see the file COPYING in the distribution for complete
       information.

       This manual page can also be redistributed  under  the  same  conditions  as  gtk-gnutella
       itself.