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22616013 25.Dd $Mdocdate: July 15 2008 $
3c0ef626 26.Dt SFTP 1
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 30.Nd secure file transfer program
3c0ef626 31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.Nm sftp
6a9b3198 33.Bk -words
cdd66111 34.Op Fl 1Cv
9cb1827b 35.Op Fl B Ar buffer_size
cdd66111 36.Op Fl b Ar batchfile
9cb1827b 37.Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
cdd66111 38.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
39.Op Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
e9a17296 40.Op Fl R Ar num_requests
3c0ef626 41.Op Fl S Ar program
cdd66111 42.Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
3c0ef626 43.Ar host
6a9b3198 44.Ek
3c0ef626 45.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 46.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
6a9b3198 47.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar file Oo
48.Ar file Oc Oc Oc
3c0ef626 49.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 50.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
6a9b3198 51.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns
52.Oo Ar / Oc Oc Oc
0fff78ff 53.Nm sftp
54.Fl b Ar batchfile
55.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host
3c0ef626 56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57.Nm
58is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
59.Xr ftp 1 ,
60which performs all operations over an encrypted
61.Xr ssh 1
62transport.
63It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
64compression.
65.Nm
66connects and logs into the specified
67.Ar host ,
68then enters an interactive command mode.
69.Pp
70The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
71authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
72successful interactive authentication.
73.Pp
996d5e62 74The third usage format allows
75.Nm
76to start in a remote directory.
3c0ef626 77.Pp
0fff78ff 78The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the
79.Fl b
80option.
2c06c99b 81In such cases, it is necessary to configure non-interactive authentication
0fff78ff 82to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see
83.Xr sshd 8
84and
85.Xr ssh-keygen 1
86for details).
3c0ef626 87The options are as follows:
88.Bl -tag -width Ds
cdd66111 89.It Fl 1
90Specify the use of protocol version 1.
91.It Fl B Ar buffer_size
92Specify the size of the buffer that
93.Nm
94uses when transferring files.
95Larger buffers require fewer round trips at the cost of higher
96memory consumption.
97The default is 32768 bytes.
3c0ef626 98.It Fl b Ar batchfile
99Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
100.Ar batchfile
101instead of
102.Em stdin .
103Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
104non-interactive authentication.
cdd66111 105A
106.Ar batchfile
107of
108.Sq \-
109may be used to indicate standard input.
3c0ef626 110.Nm
111will abort if any of the following
112commands fail:
e9a17296 113.Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
6a9b3198 114.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
22616013 115.Ic lchdir , chmod , chown ,
116.Ic chgrp , lpwd , df ,
3c0ef626 117and
118.Ic lmkdir .
6a9b3198 119Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
120prefixing the command with a
cdd66111 121.Sq \-
0fff78ff 122character (for example,
123.Ic -rm /tmp/blah* ) .
cdd66111 124.It Fl C
125Enables compression (via ssh's
126.Fl C
127flag).
128.It Fl F Ar ssh_config
129Specifies an alternative
130per-user configuration file for
131.Xr ssh 1 .
132This option is directly passed to
133.Xr ssh 1 .
3c0ef626 134.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
135Can be used to pass options to
136.Nm ssh
f5799ae1 137in the format used in
138.Xr ssh_config 5 .
139This is useful for specifying options
3c0ef626 140for which there is no separate
141.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 142command-line flag.
143For example, to specify an alternate port use:
3c0ef626 144.Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
cdd66111 145For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
146.Xr ssh_config 5 .
147.Pp
148.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
149.It AddressFamily
150.It BatchMode
151.It BindAddress
152.It ChallengeResponseAuthentication
153.It CheckHostIP
154.It Cipher
155.It Ciphers
156.It Compression
157.It CompressionLevel
158.It ConnectionAttempts
c9f39d2c 159.It ConnectTimeout
160.It ControlMaster
161.It ControlPath
cdd66111 162.It GlobalKnownHostsFile
163.It GSSAPIAuthentication
164.It GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
996d5e62 165.It HashKnownHosts
cdd66111 166.It Host
167.It HostbasedAuthentication
168.It HostKeyAlgorithms
169.It HostKeyAlias
170.It HostName
171.It IdentityFile
99be0775 172.It IdentitiesOnly
996d5e62 173.It KbdInteractiveDevices
cdd66111 174.It LogLevel
175.It MACs
176.It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
177.It NumberOfPasswordPrompts
178.It PasswordAuthentication
179.It Port
180.It PreferredAuthentications
181.It Protocol
182.It ProxyCommand
183.It PubkeyAuthentication
2c06c99b 184.It RekeyLimit
cdd66111 185.It RhostsRSAAuthentication
186.It RSAAuthentication
c9f39d2c 187.It SendEnv
cdd66111 188.It ServerAliveInterval
189.It ServerAliveCountMax
190.It SmartcardDevice
191.It StrictHostKeyChecking
192.It TCPKeepAlive
193.It UsePrivilegedPort
194.It User
195.It UserKnownHostsFile
196.It VerifyHostKeyDNS
197.El
198.It Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
0fff78ff 199Connect directly to a local sftp server
e9a17296 200(rather than via
996d5e62 201.Xr ssh 1 ) .
e9a17296 202This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
203.It Fl R Ar num_requests
0fff78ff 204Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time.
205Increasing this may slightly improve file transfer speed
206but will increase memory usage.
22616013 207The default is 64 outstanding requests.
3c0ef626 208.It Fl S Ar program
209Name of the
210.Ar program
211to use for the encrypted connection.
212The program must understand
213.Xr ssh 1
214options.
cdd66111 215.It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
216Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
217on the remote host.
218A path is useful for using
219.Nm
220over protocol version 1, or when the remote
221.Xr sshd 8
222does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
223.It Fl v
224Raise logging level.
225This option is also passed to ssh.
3c0ef626 226.El
227.Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
228Once in interactive mode,
229.Nm
230understands a set of commands similar to those of
231.Xr ftp 1 .
996d5e62 232Commands are case insensitive.
233Pathnames that contain spaces must be enclosed in quotes.
234Any special characters contained within pathnames that are recognized by
235.Xr glob 3
236must be escaped with backslashes
237.Pq Sq \e .
238.Bl -tag -width Ds
3c0ef626 239.It Ic bye
0fff78ff 240Quit
241.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 242.It Ic cd Ar path
243Change remote directory to
244.Ar path .
3c0ef626 245.It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
246Change group of file
247.Ar path
248to
249.Ar grp .
996d5e62 250.Ar path
251may contain
252.Xr glob 3
253characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 254.Ar grp
255must be a numeric GID.
256.It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
257Change permissions of file
258.Ar path
259to
260.Ar mode .
996d5e62 261.Ar path
262may contain
263.Xr glob 3
264characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 265.It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
266Change owner of file
267.Ar path
268to
269.Ar own .
996d5e62 270.Ar path
271may contain
272.Xr glob 3
273characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 274.Ar own
275must be a numeric UID.
22616013 276.It Xo Ic df
277.Op Fl hi
278.Op Ar path
279.Xc
280Display usage information for the filesystem holding the current directory
281(or
282.Ar path
283if specified).
284If the
285.Fl h
286flag is specified, the capacity information will be displayed using
287"human-readable" suffixes.
288The
289.Fl i
290flag requests display of inode information in addition to capacity information.
291This command is only supported on servers that implement the
292.Dq statvfs@openssh.com
293extension.
3c0ef626 294.It Ic exit
0fff78ff 295Quit
296.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 297.It Xo Ic get
996d5e62 298.Op Fl P
3c0ef626 299.Ar remote-path
300.Op Ar local-path
301.Xc
302Retrieve the
303.Ar remote-path
304and store it on the local machine.
305If the local
306path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
0fff78ff 307remote machine.
996d5e62 308.Ar remote-path
309may contain
310.Xr glob 3
311characters and may match multiple files.
312If it does and
313.Ar local-path
314is specified, then
315.Ar local-path
316must specify a directory.
0fff78ff 317If the
3c0ef626 318.Fl P
996d5e62 319flag is specified, then full file permissions and access times are
3c0ef626 320copied too.
321.It Ic help
322Display help text.
cdd66111 323.It Ic lcd Ar path
324Change local directory to
325.Ar path .
3c0ef626 326.It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
327Display local directory listing of either
328.Ar path
329or current directory if
330.Ar path
331is not specified.
996d5e62 332.Ar ls-options
333may contain any flags supported by the local system's
334.Xr ls 1
335command.
336.Ar path
337may contain
338.Xr glob 3
339characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 340.It Ic lmkdir Ar path
341Create local directory specified by
342.Ar path .
343.It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
344Create a symbolic link from
345.Ar oldpath
346to
347.Ar newpath .
348.It Ic lpwd
349Print local working directory.
41b2f314 350.It Xo Ic ls
996d5e62 351.Op Fl 1aflnrSt
41b2f314 352.Op Ar path
353.Xc
996d5e62 354Display a remote directory listing of either
3c0ef626 355.Ar path
996d5e62 356or the current directory if
3c0ef626 357.Ar path
0fff78ff 358is not specified.
996d5e62 359.Ar path
360may contain
361.Xr glob 3
362characters and may match multiple files.
c9f39d2c 363.Pp
996d5e62 364The following flags are recognized and alter the behaviour of
c9f39d2c 365.Ic ls
996d5e62 366accordingly:
367.Bl -tag -width Ds
368.It Fl 1
369Produce single columnar output.
370.It Fl a
371List files beginning with a dot
372.Pq Sq \&. .
373.It Fl f
374Do not sort the listing.
375The default sort order is lexicographical.
376.It Fl l
377Display additional details including permissions
378and ownership information.
379.It Fl n
380Produce a long listing with user and group information presented
381numerically.
382.It Fl r
383Reverse the sort order of the listing.
384.It Fl S
385Sort the listing by file size.
386.It Fl t
387Sort the listing by last modification time.
388.El
3c0ef626 389.It Ic lumask Ar umask
390Set local umask to
391.Ar umask .
392.It Ic mkdir Ar path
393Create remote directory specified by
394.Ar path .
6a9b3198 395.It Ic progress
396Toggle display of progress meter.
3c0ef626 397.It Xo Ic put
996d5e62 398.Op Fl P
3c0ef626 399.Ar local-path
6a9b3198 400.Op Ar remote-path
3c0ef626 401.Xc
402Upload
403.Ar local-path
0fff78ff 404and store it on the remote machine.
405If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has
406on the local machine.
996d5e62 407.Ar local-path
408may contain
409.Xr glob 3
410characters and may match multiple files.
411If it does and
412.Ar remote-path
413is specified, then
414.Ar remote-path
415must specify a directory.
0fff78ff 416If the
3c0ef626 417.Fl P
418flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
419copied too.
420.It Ic pwd
421Display remote working directory.
422.It Ic quit
0fff78ff 423Quit
424.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 425.It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
426Rename remote file from
427.Ar oldpath
428to
429.Ar newpath .
9cb1827b 430.It Ic rm Ar path
431Delete remote file specified by
432.Ar path .
cdd66111 433.It Ic rmdir Ar path
434Remove remote directory specified by
435.Ar path .
3c0ef626 436.It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
437Create a symbolic link from
438.Ar oldpath
439to
440.Ar newpath .
6a9b3198 441.It Ic version
442Display the
443.Nm
444protocol version.
0fff78ff 445.It Ic \&! Ar command
3c0ef626 446Execute
447.Ar command
448in local shell.
0fff78ff 449.It Ic \&!
3c0ef626 450Escape to local shell.
0fff78ff 451.It Ic \&?
3c0ef626 452Synonym for help.
453.El
3c0ef626 454.Sh SEE ALSO
cdd66111 455.Xr ftp 1 ,
996d5e62 456.Xr ls 1 ,
3c0ef626 457.Xr scp 1 ,
458.Xr ssh 1 ,
459.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
460.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
996d5e62 461.Xr glob 3 ,
f5799ae1 462.Xr ssh_config 5 ,
3c0ef626 463.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
464.Xr sshd 8
465.Rs
466.%A T. Ylonen
467.%A S. Lehtinen
468.%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
469.%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
470.%D January 2001
471.%O work in progress material
472.Re
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