This is the user FAQ for Rakshasa's BitTorrent client. RTorrent is an ncurses based client that uses libTorrent and is written in C++. Efficiency and good code is the main goal of both projects. How do I add new torrents while the client is running? Use the backspace key to enter file input mode. The bottom line will change into a prompt which allows you to enter URL's or file paths to torrents. File name completion and directory listing is supported with the tab key. I got the message "Could not create download, failed to parse the bencoded data" when adding a torrent, what does it mean? The torrent data the library received was not a valid torrent file. If this was a direct http download, try downloading the torrent file and add it manually. This usually happens when the torrent link uses some form of redirection that libcurl does not automatically redirect. If the failure still happens, make sure the file is infact an uncorrupted torrent. How does the session feature work? When you start the client you can use the "-s" switch to specify a session directory. The client will save all currently running torrents in the session directory and fast resume data will be written when the client exits. Upon restarting the client it will resume all the torrents in the session directory. How do i query the tracker for more peers? Go into the download view screen and press 't' to initiate a new tracker request. If the tracker requires a minimum timeout between requests you can override this by using the capital 'T'. Don't abuse this feature.