tldr/pages/common/mktorrent.md

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}}