Bitcollider Usage

Windows

1. Drag and drop one or more files atop the "Bitcollider" icon on your desktop.
2. Launch the Bitcollider by double-clicking, bringing up the Bitcollider dialog. You may then drag and drop files to this window, or use the "Browse" button to select files.
3. Right-click on any file in the Windows Explorer desktop, and choose the "Bitzi Lookup" option.
4. At a command-prompt, use the "bitcollider.exe" program with the file or files you want to report/lookup as arguments. (Invoking bitcollider.exe with no arguments will display command-line options.)

Linux

If Bitcollider is unable to launch your default web browser to complete the lookup/submit, you can Invoked with no arguments, it will print options:

Bitcollider/0.6.0 (b1020)
 
Usage: bitcollider [options]  [file|dir] ...
       bitcollider [options] -f 
 
Options:
 -p        - print the submission info, without submitting
 -n        - show submission in browser, without submitting
 -u [url]  - send submission to alternate URL
 -e [ext]  - treat file as if it had a given extension
 -d        - debug print during plugin loading
 -r        - recurse into directories.
 -a        - analyze all files for a given directory.
             (Default is to analyze only known extensions)
 -f  - read tags from  instead of analyzing
 --md5      - calculate MD5
 --crc32    - calculate CRC32
 
For more information, go to http://bitzi.com/bitcollider

Mac OS X

(We would appreciate advice on the proper packaging of a precompiled bitcollider for easy installation and drag-and-drop use on Mac OS X.)

Troubleshooting

After checking or refreshing your computer's default browser settings, if Bitcollider still does not automatically submit properly, a workaround is to open the submission file manually using your browser's File -> Open (File) option .

On Windows, the submission file will be in:

C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Local Settings\Temp\bitprint.htm

/tmp/bitprint.html