On December 30, 2004 11:02 am, s. keeling wrote: > > It was a bit confusing. I found btdownloadgui, btdownloadcurses, and > btdownloadheadless. A man of those says to (eg.): > > btdownloadcurses URL > > So, cd somewhere you have space, and: > > btdownloadcurses > http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/cd-images/debian-weekly/torrents/ ... > > The first time I tried it, I was in my home dir, which didn't have > enough space to hold it. I C-c'd out, cd'd to where I did have space, > copied what it had got so far, then re-ran the command. It checked > the existing file, then continued on from where I'd C-c'd > > No idea what btdownloadheadless means, and btdownloadgui complained > about python for me too. If you read the Wired article, it mentions > good reasons (health related) for his missing small details like > usability and documentation.
btdownloadheadless and the curses ones are designed to be used in console (eg with no monitor and no gui installed), works great with screen. Of course now I just use azureus in a vnc session.
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