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This repository implements BitTorrent-related packages and command-line utilities in Go.
There is support for protocol encryption, DHT, PEX, uTP, and various extensions. There are several storage backends provided, blob, file, mmap. You can use the provided binaries in `./cmd`, or use `torrent` as a library for your own applications.
Here I'll describe what some of the provided commands in `./cmd` do.
Note that [`godo`](https://bitbucket.org/anacrolix/go-utils) that I invoke in the following examples is a command that builds and executes a Go import path, like `go run`. It's easier to use this convention than to spell out the install/invoke cycle for every single example.
torrentfs mounts a FUSE filesystem at `-mountDir`. The contents are the torrents described by the torrent files and magnet links at `-torrentPath`. Data for read requests is fetched only as required from the torrent network, and stored at `-downloadDir`.
