NAME

btfs - mount torrent files or magnet links as a file system

SYNOPSIS

btfs [options] metadata mountpoint

DESCRIPTION

btfs allows one to mount any torrent file or a magnet link as a file system. The contents of the files will be downloaded on-demand as they are read by applications.

OPTIONS

-v --version: print version
-h --help: print help
-b --browse-only: download metadata only
-k --keep: keep files after unmount
--utp-only: do not use TCP
--data-directory=DIRECTORY: directory in which to put btfs download data. will by default use $XDG_DATA_HOME if defined else use $HOME/btfs, or /tmp/btfs if the latter is unavailable
--min-port=PORT: start of listen port range
--max-port=PORT: end of listen port range
--max-download-rate=RATE: maximum download rate (in kilobytes per second)
--max-upload-rate=RATE: maximum upload rate (in kilobytes per second)

EXAMPLES

mounting a torrent file:
btfs video.torrent ~/mnt

mounting a magnet link:
btfs 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:...' ~/mnt

unmounting:
fusermount -u ~/mnt

BUGS

Please report any bugs to https://github.com/johang/btfs.

AUTHORS

BTFS has been written by Johan Gunnarsson <johan.gunnarsson@gmail.com>

This man page was written by Donat Kh. <donat@opmbx.org>