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Rtorrent - Best torrent client
Quick Reference
Control-q : closes rTorrent, done twice makes the program shutdown without waiting to send stopping information to the trackers.
Left arrow : returns to the previous screen.
Right arrow : goes to the next screen.
a|s|d : increase global upload throttle about 1|5|50 KB/s
A|S|D : increase global download throttle about 1|5|50 KB/s
z|x|c : decrease global upload throttle about 1|5|50 KB/s
Z|X|C : decrease global download throttle about 1|5|50 KB/s
Control-S : starts download
Control-D : stops an active download, removes a stopped download.
+ or - : changes the download priority of selected torrent.
Backspace : adds the specified .torrent. After pressing this button write full path or
URL of .torrent file. You can use Tab and other tricks from bash.
Saving torrent state and resume data between sessions
Point to a directory where rTorrent will save the torrent files. You
may also use relative paths if you want different session
directories depending on where you execute rtorrent.
session = ~/Download/session
Watch a directory for torrents
Watch a directory for new torrents, restart torrents that have been
copied back and stop those that have been deleted.
schedule = watch_directory,10,10,load_start=~/Download/watch/*.torrent
schedule = tied_directory,10,10,start_tied=
schedule = untied_directory,10,10,close_untied=
Watch another directory with a different destination. (0.7.7+)
schedule = watch_directory_2,10,10,"load_start=~/Download/watch_stuff/*.torrent,d.set_directory=~/Download/stuff/"