From 4d7bec641c690b2f82ceb40fb56553d5bc24c6fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malin Freeborn Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 02:36:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fix transmission creation --- networking/transmission.md | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/networking/transmission.md b/networking/transmission.md index a664031..25e9e45 100644 --- a/networking/transmission.md +++ b/networking/transmission.md @@ -100,13 +100,21 @@ Change the `download-dir` value to wherever you want the torrents to go. # Creating Torrents +Transmission always needs the full path to every file, and the daemon will need permission to view the file. +When it doubt, just place the files in `transmission`'s home directory. + Create a torrent of file or directory `Memes` with: -> transmission-create Memes +```bash +sudo chown -R :transmission Memes +transmission-create $(pwd)/Memes +``` Add a tracker to the torrent, to make sure others can find you easily: -> transmission-create --comment 'My Memes collection' -t 'udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80' -t 'udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80' --anonymize Memes +```bash +transmission-create --comment 'My Memes collection' -t 'udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80' -t 'udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80' --anonymize Memes +``` Without the `--anonymize` flag, the torrent file output will have a 'created by' and 'created date'.