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30 .Nd Secure file transfer program
35 .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
38 .Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIfile\fR [\fIfile\fR]]
40 .Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIdir\fR[\fI/\fR]]
43 is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
45 which performs all operations over an encrypted
48 It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
51 connects and logs into the specified
53 then enters an interactive command mode.
55 The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
56 authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
57 successful interactive authentication.
59 The last usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
61 The options are as follows:
64 Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
68 Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
69 non-interactive authentication.
71 will abort if any of the following
73 .Ic get , put , rename , ln , rm , mkdir , chdir , lchdir
77 Enables compression (via ssh's
80 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
81 Specify an option to be directly passed to
84 Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
86 .Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
87 Once in interactive mode,
89 understands a set of commands similar to those of
91 Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
95 Change remote directory to
98 Change local directory to
100 .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
106 must be a numeric GID.
107 .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
108 Change permissions of file
112 .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
118 must be a numeric UID.
128 and store it on the local machine.
130 path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
131 remote machine. If the
133 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
137 .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
138 Display local directory listing of either
140 or current directory if
143 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
144 Create local directory specified by
146 .It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
147 Create a symbolic link from
152 Print local working directory.
154 Display remote directory listing of either
156 or current directory if
159 .It Ic lumask Ar umask
163 Create remote directory specified by
172 and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not
173 specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the
175 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
178 Display remote working directory.
181 .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
182 Rename remote file from
187 Remove remote directory specified by
190 Delete remote file specified by
192 .It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
193 Create a symbolic link from
202 Escape to local shell.
207 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
218 .%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
219 .%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
221 .%O work in progress material