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>