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25.Dd February 4, 2001
26.Dt SFTP 1
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm sftp
30.Nd secure file transfer program
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.Nm sftp
33.Bk -words
34.Op Fl 1Cv
35.Op Fl B Ar buffer_size
36.Op Fl b Ar batchfile
37.Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
38.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
39.Op Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
40.Op Fl R Ar num_requests
41.Op Fl S Ar program
42.Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
43.Ar host
44.Ek
45.Nm sftp
46.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
47.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar file Oo
48.Ar file Oc Oc Oc
49.Nm sftp
50.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
51.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns
52.Oo Ar / Oc Oc Oc
53.Nm sftp
54.Fl b Ar batchfile
55.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host
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
74The third usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
75.Pp
76The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the
77.Fl b
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
81.Xr sshd 8
82and
83.Xr ssh-keygen 1
84for details).
85The options are as follows:
86.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.
96.It Fl b Ar batchfile
97Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
98.Ar batchfile
99instead of
100.Em stdin .
101Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
102non-interactive authentication.
103A
104.Ar batchfile
105of
106.Sq \-
107may be used to indicate standard input.
108.Nm
109will abort if any of the following
110commands fail:
111.Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
112.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
113.Ic lchdir , chmod , chown , chgrp , lpwd
114and
115.Ic lmkdir .
116Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
117prefixing the command with a
118.Sq \-
119character (for example,
120.Ic -rm /tmp/blah* ) .
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 .
131.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
132Can be used to pass options to
133.Nm ssh
134in the format used in
135.Xr ssh_config 5 .
136This is useful for specifying options
137for which there is no separate
138.Nm sftp
139command-line flag.
140For example, to specify an alternate port use:
141.Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
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
153.It Compression
154.It CompressionLevel
155.It ConnectionAttempts
156.It ConnectionTimeout
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
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
176.It RhostsRSAAuthentication
177.It RSAAuthentication
178.It ServerAliveInterval
179.It ServerAliveCountMax
180.It SmartcardDevice
181.It StrictHostKeyChecking
182.It TCPKeepAlive
183.It UsePrivilegedPort
184.It User
185.It UserKnownHostsFile
186.It VerifyHostKeyDNS
187.El
188.It Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
189Connect directly to a local sftp server
190(rather than via
191.Xr ssh 1 )
192This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
193.It Fl R Ar num_requests
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.
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.
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.
216.El
217.Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
218Once in interactive mode,
219.Nm
220understands a set of commands similar to those of
221.Xr ftp 1 .
222Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
223contain spaces.
224.Bl -tag -width "lmdir path"
225.It Ic bye
226Quit
227.Nm sftp .
228.It Ic cd Ar path
229Change remote directory to
230.Ar path .
231.It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
232Change group of file
233.Ar path
234to
235.Ar grp .
236.Ar grp
237must be a numeric GID.
238.It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
239Change permissions of file
240.Ar path
241to
242.Ar mode .
243.It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
244Change owner of file
245.Ar path
246to
247.Ar own .
248.Ar own
249must be a numeric UID.
250.It Ic exit
251Quit
252.Nm sftp .
253.It Xo Ic get
254.Op Ar flags
255.Ar remote-path
256.Op Ar local-path
257.Xc
258Retrieve the
259.Ar remote-path
260and store it on the local machine.
261If the local
262path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
263remote machine.
264If the
265.Fl P
266flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
267copied too.
268.It Ic help
269Display help text.
270.It Ic lcd Ar path
271Change local directory to
272.Ar path .
273.It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
274Display local directory listing of either
275.Ar path
276or current directory if
277.Ar path
278is not specified.
279.It Ic lmkdir Ar path
280Create local directory specified by
281.Ar path .
282.It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
283Create a symbolic link from
284.Ar oldpath
285to
286.Ar newpath .
287.It Ic lpwd
288Print local working directory.
289.It Xo Ic ls
290.Op Ar flags
291.Op Ar path
292.Xc
293Display remote directory listing of either
294.Ar path
295or current directory if
296.Ar path
297is not specified.
298If the
299.Fl l
300flag is specified, then display additional details including permissions
301and ownership information.
302.It Ic lumask Ar umask
303Set local umask to
304.Ar umask .
305.It Ic mkdir Ar path
306Create remote directory specified by
307.Ar path .
308.It Ic progress
309Toggle display of progress meter.
310.It Xo Ic put
311.Op Ar flags
312.Ar local-path
313.Op Ar remote-path
314.Xc
315Upload
316.Ar local-path
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
321.Fl P
322flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
323copied too.
324.It Ic pwd
325Display remote working directory.
326.It Ic quit
327Quit
328.Nm sftp .
329.It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
330Rename remote file from
331.Ar oldpath
332to
333.Ar newpath .
334.It Ic rm Ar path
335Delete remote file specified by
336.Ar path .
337.It Ic rmdir Ar path
338Remove remote directory specified by
339.Ar path .
340.It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
341Create a symbolic link from
342.Ar oldpath
343to
344.Ar newpath .
345.It Ic version
346Display the
347.Nm
348protocol version.
349.It Ic \&! Ar command
350Execute
351.Ar command
352in local shell.
353.It Ic \&!
354Escape to local shell.
355.It Ic \&?
356Synonym for help.
357.El
358.Sh SEE ALSO
359.Xr ftp 1 ,
360.Xr scp 1 ,
361.Xr ssh 1 ,
362.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
363.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
364.Xr ssh_config 5 ,
365.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
366.Xr sshd 8
367.Rs
368.%A T. Ylonen
369.%A S. Lehtinen
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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