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mktorrent

Create BitTorrent metainfo files. More information: https://github.com/Rudde/mktorrent.

  • Create a torrent with 2^21 KB as the piece size:

mktorrent -a tracker_announce_url -l 21 -o path/to/example.torrent path/to/file_or_directory

  • Create a private torrent with a 2^21 KB piece size:

mktorrent -p -a tracker_announce_url -l 21 -o path/to/example.torrent path/to/file_or_directory

  • Create a torrent with a comment:

mktorrent -c "comment" -a tracker_announce_url -l 21 -o path/to/example.torrent path/to/file_or_directory

  • Create a torrent with multiple trackers:

mktorrent -a tracker_announce_url,tracker_announce_url_2 -l 21 -o path/to/example.torrent path/to/file_or_directory

  • Create a torrent with web seed URLs:

mktorrent -a tracker_announce_url -w web_seed_url -l 21 -o path/to/example.torrent path/to/file_or_directory

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