Remotly Downloading Torrents

Lets say you only have ssh connections to your server, and you wanted to download torrents.


Things you will need:


Remote system:

putty or SecureCRT

sftp https://winscp.net/eng/docs/free_sftp_client_for_windows


Linux commands installed:

screen

transmission-cli


1. Download your torrent file.

2. Use sftp to send the file to your BitTorrent file folder.

3. Login to your system

4. Startup screen by typing

 $screen

  This will start a terminal run man screen for more information http://www.tecmint.com/screen-command-examples-to-manage-linux-terminals/

5. start torrent client

$transmission-cli Example.of.Torrent.file.torrent -w /location/to/save/file

6. Detach from screen session to log off.

hold Ctrl+a  then hit the d key to detach.
This will output a session id <id>.fqdn

7. When you login later

$screen -ls
111111.hostname1
222222.hostname2

8. Connect to screen
$screen -r 111111

Linux job commands:
Ctrl+z will put the job(process) on pause
$bg
Will put the job in the background
$fg
will put the job in the foreground
Ctrl+c will quit the program.

10. After checking the status you can Ctrl+c to end the torrent or Ctrl+a d to detach from screen.

11. To start another screen just type in
$screen
Detach (Ctrl+a d)
$screen -ls
$screen -r <id#>

Please revise for transmission-remote if possible