Class Protocols.Bittorrent.Generator

Description

Generate a .torrent binary string from files in the filesystem

Example

// usage: thisprogram [<file/dir>] [<file/dir>...] <target .torrent>
   int main(int ac,array am)
   {
      Generator g=Generator();
      foreach (am[1..<1];;string f)
         g->add(f);
      string dest=am[-1];
      if (-1==search(dest,"torrent")) dest+=".torrent";
      Stdio.write_file(dest,g->digest());
      return 0;
   }

Inherit Torrent

inherit .Torrent : Torrent

Method create

Protocols.Bittorrent.Generator Protocols.Bittorrent.Generator(void|string base, void|int piece_size)

Description

Create a generator.

Parameter base

The base filename/path in the torrent.

Parameter piece_size

The size of the pieces that the SHA hashes are calculated on. Default 262144 and this value should probably be 2^n.