qbittorrent1
A bittorrent client written in c++ / qt
Usage
qbittorrent [options]
[{(<filename> | <url>) ...}]
qbittorrent --help
qbittorrent --version
Overview
qBittorrent is an advanced Bittorrent client written in C++ / Qt, using the libtorrent-rasterbar library by Arvid Norberg. qBittorrent is similar to uTorrent. qBittorrent is fast, stable, light, it supports Unicode and it provides a good integrated search engine. It also comes with UPnP port forwarding / NAT-PMP, encryption (Vuze compatible), FAST extension (mainline) and PeX support (utorrent compatible).
Options
-h | --help Display this help message and exit.
-v | --version Display program version and exit.
--confirm-legal-notice Confirm the legal notice.
--webui-port=<port> Change the WebUI port.
--torrenting-port=<port> Change the torrenting port.
--no-splash Disable splash screen.
--profile=<dir> Store configuration files in <dir>.
--configuration=<name> Store configuration files in directories qBittorrent_<name>.
--relative-fastresume Hack into libtorrent fastresume files and make file paths relative to the profile directory.
(<filename> | <url>)... Download the torrents passed by the user.
Options when adding new torrents
--save-path=<path> Torrent save path.
--add-stopped=<true|false> Add torrents as running or stopped.
--seed-mode Seed mode.
--category=<name> Assign torrents to category. If the category doesn’t exist, it will be created.
--sequential Download files in sequential order.
--first-and-last Download first and last pieces first.
--skip-dialog=<true|false> Specify whether the “Add New Torrent” dialog opens when adding a torrent.
Environment
Option values may be supplied via environment variables. For an option named `parameter-name', the environment variable name is `QBT_PARAMETER_NAME' (upper case, with `-' replaced by ’_`). To pass flag values, set the variable to ’1' or `TRUE'. For example, to disable the splash screen:
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QBT_NO_SPLASH=1 qbittorrent
Command line parameters take precedence over environment variables.
Releases
10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.