command line: make "seed" command do the right thing

Fixes #328

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/cmd.js b/bin/cmd.js
index 44859cd..b05830b 100755
--- a/bin/cmd.js
+++ b/bin/cmd.js
@@ -429,6 +429,14 @@ function runDownload (torrentId) {
 }
 
 function runSeed (input) {
+  if (path.extname(input) === '.torrent' || /^magnet:/.test(input)) {
+    // `webtorrent seed` is meant for creating a new torrent based on a file or folder
+    // of content, not a torrent id (.torrent or a magnet uri). If this command is used
+    // incorrectly, let's just do the right thing.
+    runDownload(input)
+    return
+  }
+
   var client = new WebTorrent({
     blocklist: argv.blocklist
   })