Torrent v terminálu

Pokud uvažujete o nenáročném programu pro stahování po síti bittorrent, možná Vás zaujme aplikace rtorrent.

Je přímo v repozitářích, takže stačí instalovat pomocí

sudo apt-get install rtorrent

Sám tento skvělý program používám a to i vzdáleně přes ssh, kde ho pouštím na screenu.
Ještě než rtorrent spustíme, je dobré nakonfigurovat jeho nastavení. Jinak Vám po spuštění bude hlásit, že nemůže najít soubor .rtorrent.rc , a o ten právě jde. Nebudu tady házet moudra a rovnou sem dám ukázku, jak by měl takový soubor vypadat.

# This is an example resource file for rTorrent. Copy to
# ~/.rtorrent.rc and enable/modify the options as needed. Remember to
# uncomment the options you wish to enable.

# Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to per torrent.
#min_peers = 40
max_peers = 100

# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as #downloading)
#min_peers_seed = 10
max_peers_seed = -1

# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
max_uploads = 15

# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited.
download_rate = 0
upload_rate = 80

# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents.
directory = ~/Downloads

# Default session directory. Make sure you don't run multiple instance
# of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
# relative path?
session = ~/torrents/session

# 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=~/torrents/watch/*.torrent
schedule = tied_directory,10,10,start_tied=
schedule = untied_directory,10,10,stop_untied=

# Close torrents when diskspace is low.
schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=500M

# Create symlinks in the watch directory with a suffix indicating the
#download state.
#on_start = link1,create_link=tied,,.started
#on_stop = link1,delete_link=tied,,.started
#on_finished = link1,create_link=tied,,.finished
#on_erase = link1,delete_link=tied,,.finished

# Stop torrents when reaching upload ratio in percent,
# when also reaching total upload in bytes, or when
# reaching final upload ratio in percent.
# example: stop at ratio 2.0 with at least 200 MB uploaded, or else ratio #20.0
#schedule = ratio,60,60,stop_on_ratio=200,200M,2000

# The ip address reported to the tracker.
#ip = 127.0.0.1
#ip = rakshasa.no

# The ip address the listening socket and outgoing connections is
# bound to.
#bind = 127.0.0.1
#bind = rakshasa.no

# Port range to use for listening.
#port_range = 16000-16010

# Start opening ports at a random position within the port range.
#port_random = no

# Check hash for finished torrents. Might be usefull until the bug is
# fixed that causes lack of diskspace not to be properly reported.
check_hash = yes

# Set whether the client should try to connect to UDP trackers.
#use_udp_trackers = yes

# Alternative calls to bind and ip that should handle dynamic ip's.
#schedule = ip_tick,0,1800,ip=rakshasa
#schedule = bind_tick,0,1800,bind=rakshasa

# Encryption options, set to none (default) or any combination of the #followin
# allow_incoming, try_outgoing, require, require_RC4, enable_retry, #prefer_pla
#
# The example value allows incoming encrypted connections, starts #unencrypted
# outgoing connections but retries with encryption if they fail, #preferring
# plaintext to RC4 encryption after the encrypted handshake
#
# encryption = allow_incoming,enable_retry,prefer_plaintext

#
# Do not modify the following parameters unless you know what you're #doing.
#

# Hash read-ahead controls how many MB to request the kernel to read
# ahead. If the value is too low the disk may not be fully utilized,
# while if too high the kernel might not be able to keep the read
# pages in memory thus end up trashing.
#hash_read_ahead = 10

# Interval between attempts to check the hash, in milliseconds.
#hash_interval = 100

# Number of attempts to check the hash while using the mincore status,
# before forcing. Overworked systems might need lower values to get a
# decent hash checking rate.
#hash_max_tries = 10

# Max number of files to keep open simultaniously.
#max_open_files = 128

# Number of sockets to simultaneously keep open.
#max_open_sockets =

# Example of scheduling commands: Switch between two ip's every 5
# seconds.
#schedule = "ip_tick1,5,10,ip=torretta"
#schedule = "ip_tick2,10,10,ip=lampedusa"

# Remove a scheduled event.
#schedule_remove = "ip_tick1"

Ještě jsem to nezmínil, symbol # na začátku řádku znamená, že celý řádek je považován interpretrem jako komentář. Pokud tedy chcete, aby byl řádek brán vážně, stačí # smazat.
Pro začátek nás zajímá hlavně část directory(pro stahované), session(pro uložení současného sezení) a watch(zatím nevím :-)). Za každou z těchto voleb je uvedena cesta, která bude použita. Ujistěte se, že adresář, který zadáte, skutečně existuje.

Příkazem rtorrent spustíte aplikaci. Pokud stisknete Enter, objeví se load> a můžete zadat cestu k torrentu a potvrdit Enterem. Torrent se nahraje. Pomocí Ctrl+p můžete jednotlivé torrenty označovat a následně jim dávat příkazy, např. Ctrl+s je Start, Ctrl+d je Stop nebo Odstranění(dvakrát za sebou), Ctrl+q je ukončení.

Pokud si nebudete vědět rady s jednotlivými zkratkami, vždy je tu manuálová stránka

man rtorrent