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bittorrent: meaning of the output of btdownloadheadless --spew

Hello,
If one uses the command-line client of bittorrent, with the --spew 1 option, he gets an output similar to this:

Code:

      82.131.142.28 l      1985  i          0  s

      86.105.70.116 r      4092  i          0  cs

      24.222.208.24 l      3143  i          0  cs

        62.141.214.3 l        343  i          0  cs

      62.112.205.240 l      5575  i          0  cs

      81.190.170.176 r      2223 *i          0  cs

Does anybody know what all these signs mean. The IP adresses are OK, but for all the rest, I have no clue what it means and I can find the documentation nowhere. I would be glad to know.

Thank you in advance.

From source code:

i = interested
r = rate
l = initiation
c = choked
s = snubbed

Try command
vi $(which btdownloadheadless.py)

Thank you for your answer, nixcraft.

Here are a few notes to potential readers of this thread:

vi $(which btdownloadheadless.py) might not give any result to you. If so, try more $(which btdownloadheadless)
If you would like to know what choked, intersted, rate, etc mean, go to http://btfaq.com/serve/cache/23.html