To share some files with Transmission daemon and cli tools you must do the following: * Create the torrent file: transmission-create /path/to/your/very/large/file-or-folder $(curl -sSf https://ngosang.github.io/trackerslist/trackers_best.txt | sed '/^$/d' | sed 's/^/-t /g') * Add the new torrent to your transmission * Through the GUI interface, selecting the folder as the destination. In this example it would be /path/to/your/very/large. Finally launch a verify of the data. * Through the CLI interface: transmission-remote 127.0.0.1:9091 --auth=usr:pwd -a -t /path/to/torrent --no-start-paused --trash-torrent --download-dir /path/to/your/very/large PS: updated list of trackers can be obtained from https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist PSS: If you have doubts about BitTorrent it is best to read the specs, at https://wiki.theory.org/index.php/BitTorrentSpecification PSSS: You can use this script to automate the deployment ''' #!/bin/bash usage() { echo "
...so keep it simple