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91d9cdd3 25.Dd $Mdocdate: December 9 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
91d9cdd3 46.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
47.Ar host Ns Op : Ns Ar
3c0ef626 48.Nm sftp
91d9cdd3 49.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
6a9b3198 50.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns
91d9cdd3 51.Op Ar / Oc
0fff78ff 52.Nm sftp
53.Fl b Ar batchfile
54.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host
3c0ef626 55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56.Nm
57is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
58.Xr ftp 1 ,
59which performs all operations over an encrypted
60.Xr ssh 1
61transport.
62It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
63compression.
64.Nm
65connects and logs into the specified
66.Ar host ,
67then enters an interactive command mode.
68.Pp
69The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
70authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
71successful interactive authentication.
72.Pp
996d5e62 73The third usage format allows
74.Nm
75to start in a remote directory.
3c0ef626 76.Pp
0fff78ff 77The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the
78.Fl b
79option.
2c06c99b 80In such cases, it is necessary to configure non-interactive authentication
0fff78ff 81to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see
82.Xr sshd 8
83and
84.Xr ssh-keygen 1
85for details).
3c0ef626 86The options are as follows:
87.Bl -tag -width Ds
cdd66111 88.It Fl 1
89Specify the use of protocol version 1.
90.It Fl B Ar buffer_size
91Specify the size of the buffer that
92.Nm
93uses when transferring files.
94Larger buffers require fewer round trips at the cost of higher
95memory consumption.
96The default is 32768 bytes.
3c0ef626 97.It Fl b Ar batchfile
98Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
99.Ar batchfile
100instead of
101.Em stdin .
102Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
103non-interactive authentication.
cdd66111 104A
105.Ar batchfile
106of
107.Sq \-
108may be used to indicate standard input.
3c0ef626 109.Nm
110will abort if any of the following
111commands fail:
e9a17296 112.Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
6a9b3198 113.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
22616013 114.Ic lchdir , chmod , chown ,
115.Ic chgrp , lpwd , df ,
3c0ef626 116and
117.Ic lmkdir .
6a9b3198 118Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
119prefixing the command with a
cdd66111 120.Sq \-
0fff78ff 121character (for example,
122.Ic -rm /tmp/blah* ) .
cdd66111 123.It Fl C
124Enables compression (via ssh's
125.Fl C
126flag).
127.It Fl F Ar ssh_config
128Specifies an alternative
129per-user configuration file for
130.Xr ssh 1 .
131This option is directly passed to
132.Xr ssh 1 .
3c0ef626 133.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
134Can be used to pass options to
135.Nm ssh
f5799ae1 136in the format used in
137.Xr ssh_config 5 .
138This is useful for specifying options
3c0ef626 139for which there is no separate
140.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 141command-line flag.
142For example, to specify an alternate port use:
3c0ef626 143.Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
cdd66111 144For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
145.Xr ssh_config 5 .
146.Pp
147.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
148.It AddressFamily
149.It BatchMode
150.It BindAddress
151.It ChallengeResponseAuthentication
152.It CheckHostIP
153.It Cipher
154.It Ciphers
155.It Compression
156.It CompressionLevel
157.It ConnectionAttempts
c9f39d2c 158.It ConnectTimeout
159.It ControlMaster
160.It ControlPath
cdd66111 161.It GlobalKnownHostsFile
162.It GSSAPIAuthentication
163.It GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
996d5e62 164.It HashKnownHosts
cdd66111 165.It Host
166.It HostbasedAuthentication
167.It HostKeyAlgorithms
168.It HostKeyAlias
169.It HostName
170.It IdentityFile
99be0775 171.It IdentitiesOnly
996d5e62 172.It KbdInteractiveDevices
cdd66111 173.It LogLevel
174.It MACs
175.It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
176.It NumberOfPasswordPrompts
177.It PasswordAuthentication
178.It Port
179.It PreferredAuthentications
180.It Protocol
181.It ProxyCommand
182.It PubkeyAuthentication
2c06c99b 183.It RekeyLimit
cdd66111 184.It RhostsRSAAuthentication
185.It RSAAuthentication
c9f39d2c 186.It SendEnv
cdd66111 187.It ServerAliveInterval
188.It ServerAliveCountMax
189.It SmartcardDevice
190.It StrictHostKeyChecking
191.It TCPKeepAlive
192.It UsePrivilegedPort
193.It User
194.It UserKnownHostsFile
195.It VerifyHostKeyDNS
196.El
197.It Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
0fff78ff 198Connect directly to a local sftp server
e9a17296 199(rather than via
996d5e62 200.Xr ssh 1 ) .
e9a17296 201This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
202.It Fl R Ar num_requests
0fff78ff 203Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time.
204Increasing this may slightly improve file transfer speed
205but will increase memory usage.
22616013 206The default is 64 outstanding requests.
3c0ef626 207.It Fl S Ar program
208Name of the
209.Ar program
210to use for the encrypted connection.
211The program must understand
212.Xr ssh 1
213options.
cdd66111 214.It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
215Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
216on the remote host.
217A path is useful for using
218.Nm
219over protocol version 1, or when the remote
220.Xr sshd 8
221does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
222.It Fl v
223Raise logging level.
224This option is also passed to ssh.
3c0ef626 225.El
226.Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
227Once in interactive mode,
228.Nm
229understands a set of commands similar to those of
230.Xr ftp 1 .
996d5e62 231Commands are case insensitive.
232Pathnames that contain spaces must be enclosed in quotes.
233Any special characters contained within pathnames that are recognized by
234.Xr glob 3
235must be escaped with backslashes
236.Pq Sq \e .
237.Bl -tag -width Ds
3c0ef626 238.It Ic bye
0fff78ff 239Quit
240.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 241.It Ic cd Ar path
242Change remote directory to
243.Ar path .
3c0ef626 244.It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
245Change group of file
246.Ar path
247to
248.Ar grp .
996d5e62 249.Ar path
250may contain
251.Xr glob 3
252characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 253.Ar grp
254must be a numeric GID.
255.It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
256Change permissions of file
257.Ar path
258to
259.Ar mode .
996d5e62 260.Ar path
261may contain
262.Xr glob 3
263characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 264.It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
265Change owner of file
266.Ar path
267to
268.Ar own .
996d5e62 269.Ar path
270may contain
271.Xr glob 3
272characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 273.Ar own
274must be a numeric UID.
22616013 275.It Xo Ic df
276.Op Fl hi
277.Op Ar path
278.Xc
279Display usage information for the filesystem holding the current directory
280(or
281.Ar path
282if specified).
283If the
284.Fl h
285flag is specified, the capacity information will be displayed using
286"human-readable" suffixes.
287The
288.Fl i
289flag requests display of inode information in addition to capacity information.
290This command is only supported on servers that implement the
291.Dq statvfs@openssh.com
292extension.
3c0ef626 293.It Ic exit
0fff78ff 294Quit
295.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 296.It Xo Ic get
996d5e62 297.Op Fl P
3c0ef626 298.Ar remote-path
299.Op Ar local-path
300.Xc
301Retrieve the
302.Ar remote-path
303and store it on the local machine.
304If the local
305path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
0fff78ff 306remote machine.
996d5e62 307.Ar remote-path
308may contain
309.Xr glob 3
310characters and may match multiple files.
311If it does and
312.Ar local-path
313is specified, then
314.Ar local-path
315must specify a directory.
0fff78ff 316If the
3c0ef626 317.Fl P
996d5e62 318flag is specified, then full file permissions and access times are
3c0ef626 319copied too.
320.It Ic help
321Display help text.
cdd66111 322.It Ic lcd Ar path
323Change local directory to
324.Ar path .
3c0ef626 325.It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
326Display local directory listing of either
327.Ar path
328or current directory if
329.Ar path
330is not specified.
996d5e62 331.Ar ls-options
332may contain any flags supported by the local system's
333.Xr ls 1
334command.
335.Ar path
336may contain
337.Xr glob 3
338characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 339.It Ic lmkdir Ar path
340Create local directory specified by
341.Ar path .
342.It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
343Create a symbolic link from
344.Ar oldpath
345to
346.Ar newpath .
347.It Ic lpwd
348Print local working directory.
41b2f314 349.It Xo Ic ls
996d5e62 350.Op Fl 1aflnrSt
41b2f314 351.Op Ar path
352.Xc
996d5e62 353Display a remote directory listing of either
3c0ef626 354.Ar path
996d5e62 355or the current directory if
3c0ef626 356.Ar path
0fff78ff 357is not specified.
996d5e62 358.Ar path
359may contain
360.Xr glob 3
361characters and may match multiple files.
c9f39d2c 362.Pp
996d5e62 363The following flags are recognized and alter the behaviour of
c9f39d2c 364.Ic ls
996d5e62 365accordingly:
366.Bl -tag -width Ds
367.It Fl 1
368Produce single columnar output.
369.It Fl a
370List files beginning with a dot
371.Pq Sq \&. .
372.It Fl f
373Do not sort the listing.
374The default sort order is lexicographical.
375.It Fl l
376Display additional details including permissions
377and ownership information.
378.It Fl n
379Produce a long listing with user and group information presented
380numerically.
381.It Fl r
382Reverse the sort order of the listing.
383.It Fl S
384Sort the listing by file size.
385.It Fl t
386Sort the listing by last modification time.
387.El
3c0ef626 388.It Ic lumask Ar umask
389Set local umask to
390.Ar umask .
391.It Ic mkdir Ar path
392Create remote directory specified by
393.Ar path .
6a9b3198 394.It Ic progress
395Toggle display of progress meter.
3c0ef626 396.It Xo Ic put
996d5e62 397.Op Fl P
3c0ef626 398.Ar local-path
6a9b3198 399.Op Ar remote-path
3c0ef626 400.Xc
401Upload
402.Ar local-path
0fff78ff 403and store it on the remote machine.
404If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has
405on the local machine.
996d5e62 406.Ar local-path
407may contain
408.Xr glob 3
409characters and may match multiple files.
410If it does and
411.Ar remote-path
412is specified, then
413.Ar remote-path
414must specify a directory.
0fff78ff 415If the
3c0ef626 416.Fl P
417flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
418copied too.
419.It Ic pwd
420Display remote working directory.
421.It Ic quit
0fff78ff 422Quit
423.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 424.It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
425Rename remote file from
426.Ar oldpath
427to
428.Ar newpath .
9cb1827b 429.It Ic rm Ar path
430Delete remote file specified by
431.Ar path .
cdd66111 432.It Ic rmdir Ar path
433Remove remote directory specified by
434.Ar path .
3c0ef626 435.It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
436Create a symbolic link from
437.Ar oldpath
438to
439.Ar newpath .
6a9b3198 440.It Ic version
441Display the
442.Nm
443protocol version.
91d9cdd3 444.It Ic \&! Ns Ar command
3c0ef626 445Execute
446.Ar command
447in local shell.
0fff78ff 448.It Ic \&!
3c0ef626 449Escape to local shell.
0fff78ff 450.It Ic \&?
3c0ef626 451Synonym for help.
452.El
3c0ef626 453.Sh SEE ALSO
cdd66111 454.Xr ftp 1 ,
996d5e62 455.Xr ls 1 ,
3c0ef626 456.Xr scp 1 ,
457.Xr ssh 1 ,
458.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
459.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
996d5e62 460.Xr glob 3 ,
f5799ae1 461.Xr ssh_config 5 ,
3c0ef626 462.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
463.Xr sshd 8
464.Rs
465.%A T. Ylonen
466.%A S. Lehtinen
467.%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
468.%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
469.%D January 2001
470.%O work in progress material
471.Re
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