how to create a .torrent file

[Dotan Cohen]

2009/11/28 user1 <bqz69 at telia.com>:
> If I have a file called yyyyyy.iso sitting in a folder on a webhotel,
> let's call the url address:
>
> http://www.xxxxxxxx.org/tarballs/yyyyyy.iso
>
> How do I create a .bittorrent file for yyyyyy.iso?
>
> Please explain in details, as the documentation I have read so far has
> been a bit to complicated for me to understand (I am 70+ yrs old)
>
> Do I need to give a port number somewhere, which I have read about.
>
> Whatever I have tried has given errors and not worked.
>

Most bittorrent clients have built in facilities for creating .torrent
files from local files. There are command-line bittorent clients that
can do that on your server, a ten-second Google search led me to
several.

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