On 2/27/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here using the GUI, there comes a time where we wish to leave the terminal. > > In the FAQ there is no entry: I wish to disconnect my computer and > leave the building. I cannot find any button to stop the program other > than pause. Will that safely save the downloaded files that are only > in memory? NO! In details it says some files are "100%", but ls -l > shows them as 0 bytes.
BitTornado is not a program for the faint of heart, it is an advanced bittorrent client that has not seen much development upstream in the last few years. As such, it may not be the right client for someone unfamiliar with how bittorrent works. You may want to try a more user-friendly client such as Azureus or transmission. While running using default parameters, BitTornado builds files sequentially, even if the data is not downloaded sequentially. That's why files that have completely been downloaded (100% in the details) may still have 0 size in the file system. This is a good tradeoff between using all the space at the beginning (--alloc_type pre-allocate), and massively fragmenting your hard drive. Pausing will (understandably) not allocate the files. The files are allocated properly when all data has been downloaded. > What does the CANCEL button do? Wipe out hours worth of downloads? Who > knows. Cancel is probably what you're looking for if the download has been completed. Then all the files will have been allocated properly, and canceling will quit the program. > What does "Finish Allocation" etc. mean? Who knows. Wait. That saved > the files in memory. Good. One lucky mouse click. I hope they're all > that way. If the download has not completed, "Finish Allocation" will properly allocate the files, and you can then hit cancel to quit the program. > And where's the QUIT button. Or maybe we are never supposed to quit. > Never supposed to power off our computer and leave where we are > sitting. Ideally no, the idea of BitTorrent is to leave the download running as long as possible, so as to share with others what you have downloaded. However, everyone has to stop sometime, at which point you can "cancel" the upload which closes the program. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
