TRANSMISSION-GTK(1)

NAME
transmission - a bittorrent client

SYNOPSIS
transmission -?
transmission [-pqm] [torrent-file ...]

DESCRIPTION
transmission is a fast and easy BitTorrent client.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol which uses a metainfo file (usually with the .torrent file extension) and a central tracker to distribute file data amongst a group of peers. For more information on the BitTorrent protocol see http://www.bittorrent.org/

OPTIONS

? --help
    Show help options

-p --paused
    Start with all torrents paused

-m --minimized
    Start minimized in system tray

-g, --config-dir directory
    Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients. See http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more information.

Multiple .torrent files may be added at startup by appending them on the command line. If transmission is already running, the torrents will be added to the running instance.

ENVIRONMENT

TRANSMISSION_HOME
    Sets the default config-dir.

FILES
~/.config/transmission
    The config-dir used when neither [TRANSMISSION_HOME] nor [-g] is specified.

AUTHORS
-nosplit transmission was written by Charles Kerr, Josh Elsasser, Eric Petit, and Mitchell Livingston.

SEE ALSO
transmissioncli(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-remote(1)

http://www.transmissionbt.com/