License: freeware, meaning you get it for free but you cannot redistribute it - no warranty implicit or explicit for any purpose. If you don't agree don't install K1C.

Copyright: K1 is ©jdv 2003

Source code: will be probably released as the beta version is out. Now I fear someone may find a flaw and compromise the entire project. License should be changed to GPL.

It should be easy to understand how K1Client works, anyway I'll write a proper help file as soon as the beta version is released.

Until now server and client are two different software. Anyway they'll become ONE asap!

.:Brief Help File:.

Command line options: ./k1c.run starts the client. Add -v to enable verbose.
Server: no working server on Internet now. Just auto connect is possible. (IP 127.0.0.1, port 1111). With beta release there will be at least a real & working server. Maybe a list of working servers you can choose from.
Options: There are two critical settings about options and they are "block length" (bl) and "don't share files beginning with a dot". the former is the number of bytes K1 will try to send simultaneously. Throttle it until you arrive to a optimal bandwidth usage. I'll put here my suggested values asap. Linux files or folders whose filename begin with a dot are usually settings files so they are (usually) not worth sharing and may keep personal data. So by default are NOT included within shared files database because the latter is set to 1.
As you start K1Client it asks for a shared folder. If you type "none" or a not existent folder nothing will be shared. My advise is to try to keep your linux username outside of the shared folder(s) path.
E.g. if your home is /home/coolboy and K1C's shared folder is /home/coolboy/k1c/shared type ./shared ("." is the current folder where k1c is installed).
At the command prompt you should type just *one* character. h for help
If you type f (file download) and you give "?" as filename (no quotes) you'll be asked for the file list number.