how to really use Ctorrent?
 

Hi every body, the problem is that i can't find clear instructions how to really use ctorrent, i have searched this forum and the web to get answers but non have a clear instruction how to use ctorrent, i get confused in the end all the time after reading the guides. The steps i have taken:

1.) Downloaded the torrent file to Documents directory.:)
2.) Launched X Terminal.

.......and thats it, i am stuck after opening x terminal i have ctorrent installed. but don't know how to go from there, so please can u please guide me threw from there what should i type in x terminal start to finish. A step by step way to successfully download a torrent file. I know its a noob question but please ur help will be well appreciated, this matters to me the most wright now, again i thank you.

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

go read docs on ctorrent website. all is explained in detail. Basically, find a *.torrent file, then run ' torrent whatever-name.torrent '. Spice it up with cli options.

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

sorry i forgot to mention that after i have launched x terminal i typed in ctorrent, and then ctorrent info appears :

CTorrent dnh2 Original code Copyright: YuHong(992126018601033)
WARNING: THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR CTorrent. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

Generic Options:
-h/-H Show this message.
-x Decode metainfo(torrent) file only, don't download.
-c Check exist only. don't download.
-v Verbose output (for debugging).

Download Options:
-e int Exit while seed <int> hours later. (default 72 hours)
-E num Exit after seeding to <num> ratio (UL:DL).
-i ip Listen for connection on ip. (default all ip's)
-p port Listen port. (default 2706 -> 2106)
-s save_as Save file/directory/metainfo as...
-C cache_size Cache size,unit MB. (default 16MB)
-f Force seed mode. skip hash check at startup.
-b bf_filename Bit field filename. (use it carefully)
-M max_peers Max peers count.
-m min_peers Min peers count.
-z slice_size Download slice/block size, unit KB. (default 16, max 128).
-n file_number Which file download.
-D rate Max bandwidth down (unit KB/s)
-U rate Max bandwidth up (unit KB/s)
-P peer_id Set Peer ID [-CD0200-]
-S host:port Use CTCS server

Make metainfo(torrent) file Options:
-t With make torrent. must specify this option.
-u url Tracker's url.
-l piece_len Piece length.(default 262144)

eg.
hong> ctorrent -s new_filename -e 12 -C 32 -p 6881 eg.torrent

home page: http://ctorrent.sourceforge.net/
see also: http://www.rahul.net/dholmes/ctorrent/
bug report: dholmes@ct.boxmail.com
original author: bsdi@sina.com




after that i type 'ctorrent torrent.file.name.torrent' then iget this error :

i don't know what iam doing wrong

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

You need to have the full directory name.

If your file is in /usr/home/torret.torrent, then you need to type :

ctorrent /usr/home/torrent.torrent

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

my file is in documents folder so i have to type :

ctorrent /usr/home/documents/torrent_file_name.torrent ????

If thats correct I still get the same error "No such file or directory
error,initial meta info failed."

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

Ok i managed to get it to work my file was in Document folder so i typed:
ctorrent /home/user/MyDocs/Torrent_file_name.torrent

Ok my next problem is that i can't pick the location for the torrent file to be

downloaded in case i wanna use my memory card but i can't, when the torrent

starts to download i can't type anything to change the file location, does any body

know how to do this thanks!

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

I'am not really sure because i dont have used ctorrent, but I guess it would download files in your current directory where you have launched ctorrent. At least rtorrent does like that.

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

What's the default location for ctorrent to save the torrent files? anyone knows?
becuase when i finshed downloading the torrent file, I couldn't find it anywhere in any directory.

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

It's going to download where ever the *.torrent file is located. The way I do it is to move the torrent file to one of my sd cards, then do the download thing.

Re: how to really use Ctorrent?
 

I moved the torrent file to sd card and launched it from there it finished downloading but i couldn't find the file in the same folder where the original torrent was, or any where in the entire sd card directory.

Do you know whats wrong?