Gnut Manual at MROB
Author: Robert Munafo

Gnut Manual

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Josh Pieper josh at nemonet dot com
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=Robert Munafo mrob at mrob dot com=

July 21, 2000

This document describes what gnut is, how to use it, and gives detailed instructions for advanced users.

1. Administrivia

> 1.1 Where to Get
> 1.2 Requirements
> 1.3 Most Recent Version
> 1.4 Pre-compiled Binaries
> 1.5 Acknowledgements

2. Introduction

> 2.1 Gnutella
> 2.2 History
> 2.3 Gnut

3. Basic Usage

> 3.1 Building Gnut
> 3.2 Starting Gnut
> 3.3 Sharing
> 3.4 Searching

4. Advanced Usage

> 4.1 Invocation
> 4.2 Run-Time Commands
> 4.3 Configuration Variables
> 4.4 Configuration Files
> 4.5 Web Access

5. F.A.Q.

> 5.1 Will gnut run on Slackware 4.0?
> 5.2 Does ggnut work?
> 5.3 How do I change the port in gnut?
> 5.4 Does gnut has feature xxx?
> 5.4.3 What is a "Virtual Private Network" (VPN) address?
> 5.4.4 Why do some uploads/downloads appear as "SEND PUSH" or "RCV PUSH" in the info c display?
> 5.5 (Two related questions concerning virtual private network IP addresses)
> 5.6 Why does gnut launch 10 copies of itself, and why does it use so much memory?
> 5.7 Someone is downloading a file "nonsense.mp3" from me, but I have no such file on my computer. What's up?
> 5.8 I did a search, and I know I'm sharing files that match this search. Why didn't the search show the files I'm sharing?
> 5.9 How can I get the most results from my searches?
> 5.10 Why do connections get closed so often?
> 5.11 Why can't I get eval scripts to read gnut's output?
> 5.12 I cannot get gnut to connect to other hosts. I think it's because of my firewall or my dialin access configuration. How do I fix this?
> 5.13 A download failed after 47 bytes leaving a tiny text file containing an error message like 'server busy'. Please fix this!

6. Advanced Topics

> 6.1 High Availability Connection Point
> 6.2 Scriptable Downloads
> 6.3 Network Topology
> 6.4 Network Efficiency -- Capacity, Bottlenecks, Responsiveness

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