Sorry to ask this but I have not seen a post about this so here goes.
when I view these options.
--max_uploads <arg>
the maximum number of uploads to allow at once.
(defaults to 7)
--keepalive_interval <arg>
number of seconds to pause between sending keepalives
(defaults to 120.0)
--download_slice_size <arg>
How many bytes to query for per request. (defaults to
16384)
--request_backlog <arg>
maximum number of requests to keep in a single pipe at
once. (defaults to 10)
--max_message_length <arg>
maximum length prefix encoding you'll accept over the
wire - larger values get the connection dropped.
(defaults to 8388608)
--ip <arg>
ip to report you have to the tracker. (defaults to '')
--minport <arg>
minimum port to listen on, counts up if unavailable
(defaults to 6881)
--maxport <arg>
maximum port to listen on (defaults to 6999)
--responsefile <arg>
file the server response was stored in, alternative to
url (defaults to '')
--url <arg>
url to get file from, alternative to responsefile
(defaults to '')
--saveas <arg>
local file name to save the file as, null indicates
query user (defaults to '')
--timeout <arg>
time to wait between closing sockets which nothing has
been received on (defaults to 300.0)
--timeout_check_interval <arg>
time to wait between checking if any connections have
timed out (defaults to 60.0)
--max_slice_length <arg>
maximum length slice to send to peers, larger requests
are ignored (defaults to 131072)
--max_rate_period <arg>
maximum amount of time to guess the current rate
estimate represents (defaults to 20.0)
--bind <arg>
comma-separated list of ips/hostnames to bind to
locally (defaults to '')
--ipv6_enabled <arg>
allow the client to connect to peers via IPv6 (defaults
to 0)
--ipv6_binds_v4 <arg>
set if an IPv6 server socket will also field IPv4
connections (defaults to 0)
--upload_rate_fudge <arg>
time equivalent of writing to kernel-level TCP buffer,
for rate adjustment (defaults to 5.0)
--display_interval <arg>
time between updates of displayed information (defaults
to 0.5)
--rerequest_interval <arg>
time to wait between requesting more peers (defaults to
300)
--min_peers <arg>
minimum number of peers to not do rerequesting
(defaults to 20)
--http_timeout <arg>
number of seconds to wait before assuming that an http
connection has timed out (defaults to 60)
--max_initiate <arg>
number of peers at which to stop initiating new
connections (defaults to 40)
--check_hashes <arg>
whether to check hashes on disk (defaults to 1)
--max_upload_rate <arg>
maximum kB/s to upload at, 0 means no limit (defaults
to 0)
--alloc_type <arg>
allocation type (may be normal, background,
pre-allocate or sparse) (defaults to 'normal')
--alloc_rate <arg>
rate (in MiB/s) to allocate space at using background
allocation (defaults to 2.0)
--snub_time <arg>
seconds to wait for data to come in over a connection
before assuming it's semi-permanently choked (defaults
to 30.0)
--spew <arg>
whether to display diagnostic info to stdout (defaults
to 0)
--rarest_first_cutoff <arg>
number of downloads at which to switch from random to
rarest first (defaults to 2)
--rarest_first_priority_cutoff <arg>
the number of peers which need to have a piece before
other partials take priority over rarest first
(defaults to 3)
--min_uploads <arg>
the number of uploads to fill out to with extra
optimistic unchokes (defaults to 4)
--max_files_open <arg>
the maximum number of files to keep open at a time, 0
means no limit (defaults to 50)
--round_robin_period <arg>
the number of seconds between the client's switching
upload targets (defaults to 30)
--super_seeder <arg>
whether to use special upload-efficiency-maximizing
routines (only for dedicated seeds) (defaults to 0)
--security <arg>
whether to enable extra security features intended to
prevent abuse (defaults to 1)
--max_connections <arg>
the absolute maximum number of peers to connect with (0
= no limit) (defaults to 0)
--auto_kick <arg>
whether to allow the client to automatically kick/ban
peers that send bad data (defaults to 1)
--double_check <arg>
whether to double-check data being written to the disk
for errors (may increase CPU load) (defaults to 1)
--triple_check <arg>
whether to thoroughly check data being written to the
disk (may slow disk access) (defaults to 0)
--lock_files <arg>
whether to lock files the client is working with
(defaults to 1)
--lock_while_reading <arg>
whether to lock access to files being read (defaults to
0)
I have no idea what all those options do but these.
--max_uploads <arg>
the maximum number of uploads to allow at once.
(defaults to 7)
--saveas <arg>
local file name to save the file as, null indicates
query user (defaults to '')
--max_upload_rate <arg>
maximum kB/s to upload at, 0 means no limit (defaults
to 0)
This one I know what it does but when I use this option I get an error.
--super_seeder <arg>
whether to use special upload-efficiency-maximizing
routines (only for dedicated seeds) (defaults to 0)
--max_upload_rate <arg>
maximum kB/s to upload at, 0 means no limit (defaults
to 0)
--max_connections <arg>
the absolute maximum number of peers to connect with (0
= no limit) (defaults to 0)
Some kinda give me the idea but I am still lost. For example what does this mean?
--round_robin_period <arg>
the number of seconds between the client's switching
upload targets (defaults to 30)
Sorry I am new to linux but been using Shadows client for a long time now.
What I really want to do here is
Have the client report back to the tracker every 5 mintues so my stats are updated. Get the error message in super seed mode not to appear and to have the client stay connected to the tracker. I notice when I am on a multi tracker torrent my client drops off if the main tracker is down and the torrent is running on a back up tracker.
here is the command I use for regular torrent download.
./btdownloadcurses.py /home/twiley/torrent/GD7-19-94SBD.torrent --saveas /home/twiley/shn/ --max_upload_rate 15
when I am in super seed mode this is what I use.
./btdownloadcurses.py /home/twiley/torrent/GD7-19-94SBD.torrent --saveas /home/twiley/shn/ --max_upload_rate 15 --super_seeder 1
the error I get is this...
Thanks for any info.
twiley
