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317611b5 25.Dd February 4, 2001
61e96248 26.Dt SFTP 1
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm sftp
bd47824b 30.Nd secure file transfer program
61e96248 31.Sh SYNOPSIS
72c5fe79 32.Nm sftp
a4e5acef 33.Bk -words
433e60ac 34.Op Fl 1Cv
7d5e8c46 35.Op Fl B Ar buffer_size
433e60ac 36.Op Fl b Ar batchfile
7d5e8c46 37.Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
433e60ac 38.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
39.Op Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
c25d3df7 40.Op Fl R Ar num_requests
e3c1c3e6 41.Op Fl S Ar program
433e60ac 42.Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
e3c1c3e6 43.Ar host
a4e5acef 44.Ek
72c5fe79 45.Nm sftp
d0445371 46.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
a4e5acef 47.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar file Oo
48.Ar file Oc Oc Oc
72c5fe79 49.Nm sftp
d0445371 50.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
a4e5acef 51.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns
52.Oo Ar / Oc Oc Oc
72c5fe79 53.Nm sftp
81466908 54.Fl b Ar batchfile
d0445371 55.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host
61e96248 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
cf7ff074 67.Ar host ,
61e96248 68then enters an interactive command mode.
69.Pp
3730bb22 70The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
cf7ff074 71authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
72successful interactive authentication.
edeeab1e 73.Pp
81466908 74The third usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
edeeab1e 75.Pp
bd47824b 76The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the
81466908 77.Fl b
bd47824b 78option.
79In such cases, it is usually necessary to configure public key authentication
80to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see
81466908 81.Xr sshd 8
72c5fe79 82and
81466908 83.Xr ssh-keygen 1
bd47824b 84for details).
61e96248 85The options are as follows:
86.Bl -tag -width Ds
433e60ac 87.It Fl 1
88Specify the use of protocol version 1.
89.It Fl B Ar buffer_size
90Specify the size of the buffer that
91.Nm
92uses when transferring files.
93Larger buffers require fewer round trips at the cost of higher
94memory consumption.
95The default is 32768 bytes.
a5ec8a3d 96.It Fl b Ar batchfile
97Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
acf06a60 98.Ar batchfile
a5ec8a3d 99instead of
acf06a60 100.Em stdin .
101Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
f74de0d7 102non-interactive authentication.
a8b64bb8 103A
f74de0d7 104.Ar batchfile
105of
106.Sq \-
a8b64bb8 107may be used to indicate standard input.
acf06a60 108.Nm
3730bb22 109will abort if any of the following
110commands fail:
7e35f994 111.Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
a4e5acef 112.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
9a36208d 113.Ic lchdir , chmod , chown , chgrp , lpwd
a5ec8a3d 114and
acf06a60 115.Ic lmkdir .
a4e5acef 116Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
117prefixing the command with a
f74de0d7 118.Sq \-
bd47824b 119character (for example,
120.Ic -rm /tmp/blah* ) .
433e60ac 121.It Fl C
122Enables compression (via ssh's
123.Fl C
124flag).
125.It Fl F Ar ssh_config
126Specifies an alternative
127per-user configuration file for
128.Xr ssh 1 .
129This option is directly passed to
130.Xr ssh 1 .
61e96248 131.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
38539909 132Can be used to pass options to
133.Nm ssh
c21a7c4a 134in the format used in
135.Xr ssh_config 5 .
136This is useful for specifying options
38539909 137for which there is no separate
138.Nm sftp
bd47824b 139command-line flag.
140For example, to specify an alternate port use:
e3c1c3e6 141.Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
433e60ac 142For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
143.Xr ssh_config 5 .
144.Pp
145.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
146.It AddressFamily
147.It BatchMode
148.It BindAddress
149.It ChallengeResponseAuthentication
150.It CheckHostIP
151.It Cipher
152.It Ciphers
433e60ac 153.It Compression
154.It CompressionLevel
155.It ConnectionAttempts
156.It ConnectionTimeout
433e60ac 157.It GlobalKnownHostsFile
158.It GSSAPIAuthentication
159.It GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
160.It Host
161.It HostbasedAuthentication
162.It HostKeyAlgorithms
163.It HostKeyAlias
164.It HostName
165.It IdentityFile
433e60ac 166.It LogLevel
167.It MACs
168.It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
169.It NumberOfPasswordPrompts
170.It PasswordAuthentication
171.It Port
172.It PreferredAuthentications
173.It Protocol
174.It ProxyCommand
175.It PubkeyAuthentication
433e60ac 176.It RhostsRSAAuthentication
177.It RSAAuthentication
5d8d32a3 178.It ServerAliveInterval
179.It ServerAliveCountMax
433e60ac 180.It SmartcardDevice
181.It StrictHostKeyChecking
fd573618 182.It TCPKeepAlive
433e60ac 183.It UsePrivilegedPort
184.It User
185.It UserKnownHostsFile
186.It VerifyHostKeyDNS
433e60ac 187.El
188.It Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
bd47824b 189Connect directly to a local sftp server
7d5e8c46 190(rather than via
bd47824b 191.Xr ssh 1 )
7d5e8c46 192This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
c25d3df7 193.It Fl R Ar num_requests
bd47824b 194Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time.
195Increasing this may slightly improve file transfer speed
196but will increase memory usage.
197The default is 16 outstanding requests.
e3c1c3e6 198.It Fl S Ar program
199Name of the
200.Ar program
201to use for the encrypted connection.
202The program must understand
203.Xr ssh 1
204options.
433e60ac 205.It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
206Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
207on the remote host.
208A path is useful for using
209.Nm
210over protocol version 1, or when the remote
211.Xr sshd 8
212does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
213.It Fl v
214Raise logging level.
215This option is also passed to ssh.
61e96248 216.El
217.Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
0426a3b4 218Once in interactive mode,
219.Nm
3730bb22 220understands a set of commands similar to those of
61e96248 221.Xr ftp 1 .
a0e6fead 222Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
223contain spaces.
433e60ac 224.Bl -tag -width "lmdir path"
68874d2b 225.It Ic bye
bd47824b 226Quit
227.Nm sftp .
0426a3b4 228.It Ic cd Ar path
3730bb22 229Change remote directory to
0426a3b4 230.Ar path .
0426a3b4 231.It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
3730bb22 232Change group of file
0426a3b4 233.Ar path
234to
61e96248 235.Ar grp .
236.Ar grp
0426a3b4 237must be a numeric GID.
238.It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
3730bb22 239Change permissions of file
0426a3b4 240.Ar path
241to
242.Ar mode .
243.It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
3730bb22 244Change owner of file
0426a3b4 245.Ar path
246to
61e96248 247.Ar own .
248.Ar own
249must be a numeric UID.
17910dce 250.It Ic exit
bd47824b 251Quit
252.Nm sftp .
58c54a79 253.It Xo Ic get
254.Op Ar flags
255.Ar remote-path
256.Op Ar local-path
257.Xc
61e96248 258Retrieve the
0426a3b4 259.Ar remote-path
61e96248 260and store it on the local machine.
261If the local
3730bb22 262path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
bd47824b 263remote machine.
264If the
58c54a79 265.Fl P
266flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
267copied too.
17910dce 268.It Ic help
269Display help text.
433e60ac 270.It Ic lcd Ar path
271Change local directory to
272.Ar path .
0426a3b4 273.It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
3730bb22 274Display local directory listing of either
61e96248 275.Ar path
276or current directory if
277.Ar path
0426a3b4 278is not specified.
279.It Ic lmkdir Ar path
61e96248 280Create local directory specified by
0426a3b4 281.Ar path .
3a7fe5ba 282.It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
3730bb22 283Create a symbolic link from
3a7fe5ba 284.Ar oldpath
285to
286.Ar newpath .
0426a3b4 287.It Ic lpwd
288Print local working directory.
00b3ad3e 289.It Xo Ic ls
290.Op Ar flags
291.Op Ar path
292.Xc
61e96248 293Display remote directory listing of either
294.Ar path
0426a3b4 295or current directory if
296.Ar path
bd47824b 297is not specified.
298If the
00b3ad3e 299.Fl l
300flag is specified, then display additional details including permissions
301and ownership information.
0426a3b4 302.It Ic lumask Ar umask
3730bb22 303Set local umask to
0426a3b4 304.Ar umask .
305.It Ic mkdir Ar path
61e96248 306Create remote directory specified by
0426a3b4 307.Ar path .
b65c3807 308.It Ic progress
309Toggle display of progress meter.
58c54a79 310.It Xo Ic put
311.Op Ar flags
312.Ar local-path
2ea16b0b 313.Op Ar remote-path
58c54a79 314.Xc
61e96248 315Upload
0426a3b4 316.Ar local-path
bd47824b 317and store it on the remote machine.
318If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has
319on the local machine.
320If the
58c54a79 321.Fl P
322flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
323copied too.
0426a3b4 324.It Ic pwd
325Display remote working directory.
0426a3b4 326.It Ic quit
bd47824b 327Quit
328.Nm sftp .
0426a3b4 329.It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
61e96248 330Rename remote file from
331.Ar oldpath
332to
0426a3b4 333.Ar newpath .
0426a3b4 334.It Ic rm Ar path
61e96248 335Delete remote file specified by
0426a3b4 336.Ar path .
433e60ac 337.It Ic rmdir Ar path
338Remove remote directory specified by
339.Ar path .
3a7fe5ba 340.It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
3730bb22 341Create a symbolic link from
3a7fe5ba 342.Ar oldpath
343to
344.Ar newpath .
048ff12c 345.It Ic version
346Display the
347.Nm
348protocol version.
d0445371 349.It Ic \&! Ar command
3730bb22 350Execute
61e96248 351.Ar command
0426a3b4 352in local shell.
d0445371 353.It Ic \&!
0426a3b4 354Escape to local shell.
d0445371 355.It Ic \&?
0426a3b4 356Synonym for help.
357.El
61e96248 358.Sh SEE ALSO
433e60ac 359.Xr ftp 1 ,
2cad6cef 360.Xr scp 1 ,
61e96248 361.Xr ssh 1 ,
362.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
363.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
c21a7c4a 364.Xr ssh_config 5 ,
2cad6cef 365.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
366.Xr sshd 8
367.Rs
7b518233 368.%A T. Ylonen
369.%A S. Lehtinen
2cad6cef 370.%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
371.%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
372.%D January 2001
373.%O work in progress material
374.Re
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