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30 .Nd Secure file transfer program
35 .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
36 .Op Ar hostname | user@hostname
39 is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
41 which performs all operations over an encrypted
44 It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
47 connects and logs into the specified
49 then enters an interactive command mode.
51 The options are as follows:
54 Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
58 Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjuction with a
59 non-interactive authentication. Sftp will abort if any of the following
61 .Pa get, put, rename, rm, mkdir, chdir, lchdir
65 Enables compression (via ssh's
68 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
69 Specify an option to be directly passed to
72 Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
74 .Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
75 Once in interactive mode,
77 understands a set of commands similar to those of
79 Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
83 Change remote directory to
86 Change local directory to
88 .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
94 must be a numeric GID.
95 .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
96 Change permissions of file
100 .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
106 must be a numeric UID.
116 and store it on the local machine.
118 path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
119 remote machine. If the
121 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
125 .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
126 Display local directory listing of either
128 or current directory if
131 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
132 Create local directory specified by
135 Print local working directory.
137 Display remote directory listing of either
139 or current directory if
142 .It Ic lumask Ar umask
146 Create remote directory specified by
155 and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not specified,
156 it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the
158 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
161 Display remote working directory.
164 .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
165 Rename remote file from
170 Remove remote directory specified by
173 Delete remote file specified by
180 Escape to local shell.
185 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>