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30 .Nd Secure file tranfer program
34 .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
35 .Op Ar hostname | user@hostname
38 is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
40 which performs all operations over an encrypted
43 It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
46 connects and logs into the specified
48 then enters an interactive command mode.
50 The options are as follows:
53 Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
55 Enables compression (via ssh's
58 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
59 Specify an option to be directly passed to
62 .Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
63 Once in interactive mode,
65 understands a set of commands similar to those of
67 Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
71 Change remote directory to
74 Change local directory to
76 .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
82 must be a numeric GID.
83 .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
84 Change permissions of file
88 .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
94 must be a numeric UID.
104 and store it on the local machine.
106 path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
107 remote machine. If the
109 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
111 .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
112 Display local directory listing of either
114 or current directory if
117 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
118 Create local directory specified by
121 Print local working directory.
123 Display remote directory listing of either
125 or current directory if
128 .It Ic lumask Ar umask
132 Create remote directory specified by
141 and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not specified,
142 it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the
144 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
147 Display remote working directory.
152 .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
153 Rename remote file from
158 Remove remote directory specified by
161 Delete remote file specified by
168 Escape to local shell.
173 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>