= RwdTorrent Program

How to Use the Torrent Program (rwdtorrent)

== What is is

rwdtorrent is a web brower interface to BitTorrent commands


download from http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=444

 run BitTorrent commands

You can select a torrent file in the torrentfile directory and download it
 
 There are tabs to view file sizes  and edit configurations
 
 'View Torrent Metafiles' - to view and select torrent files before downloading
 
 'View Torrent' - to view file size of downloaded file
 
 'Torrent Download Display' the tab to start a download and open the torrent download window
 
 'Edit Configuration' - to change the configuration of rwdtorrent


 BitTorrent is a technology used for sharing large files. 
 It is very effective because when there are more people downloading a file,
 your download speed will be even faster.
 
 You need BitTorrent installed in order to use this program
 BitTorrent can downloaded at:
 http://www.bittorrent.com/index.html
 
 There are many BitTorrent links at:
 http://spesb.com/link2u/

The GUI interface used is RubyWebDialogs 

Start the program by typing<br> 
ruby init.rb

Then point your web browser to:
http://localhost:7705/

== using shell commands



Enter the shell command you want to run for in the browser form and press execute.
After a second the browser should fill with the results of the command.
try ls, df, cat "filename", and other shell commands
You should be able to run one command after another


The GUI interface used is RubyWebDialogs 


Start the program by typing 
ruby init.rb

Then point your web browser to:
http://localhost:7705/



== Using over a Network
  
To serve the application over your local LAN,change the last line in the
init.rb file to something like:
RwdTinker.file(RWDFile).serve(8080, "-r" ? ".rwduids" : nil)
Then you should be able to login at: http://yourhostname:8080

You have to authorize yourself. The .rwuids example is a string with
the name of the authorization file, relative to the home directory
of the user that started the service. This file has to be in the form of:

user1 = password
user2 = pass phrase

Thus the file .rwduids might contain:

erik = secret


== Requirements:
 RubyWebDialogs - I am using 0.0.11 2004-3-9<br>
 This package you downloaded rwddemo should have a runtime version of 
 the needed rubywebdialog files<br>

Ruby I am using version 1.8.2

I have tested this under Linux-Debian kernel 2.6.9

== Operation:
 The code files reside in the code directory and are combined before 
 the main Class is loaded

 The rwd files in gui are combined before the gui is activated

== Installing:

unzip the file
then cd to the directory
unzip rwdashell-x.y.zip


== Trouble shooting:

If the program is not working, try looking at the ev subdirectory. That is where
the runtime of rubywebdialogs are.

for long term installation, I would suggest putting most files in a lib directory
like /usr/lib/rwdshell
then make a writable directory the local directory for command files to be written
like ~/rwdshell


Closing the browser doesn't terminate the application. You have to use the application's close-button  And terminating the application doesn't terminate the application when running in network mode. You just log out.

Don't use the back-button of the browser! Strange and unpredictable things may and will happen!

RubyWebDialogs is a platform independent graphical user interface for Ruby applications. It generates HTML and serves it with an internal HTTP server, so you can use your favorite web browser as the front end for your Ruby application. All this means, that it can be used on almost every platform, like Ruby itself. http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubywebdialogs/


  For more information see:
http://rwdapplications.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl

For more information about RubyWebDialogs see:<br>
http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubywebdialogs/index.html

Thanks, Steven Gibson

== Changelog
Version 0.01
 initial release
 view torrent metafile details
 download torrents from local torrent metafiles
 uses http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubytorrent/
 and http://rubyforge.org/projects/aversa/