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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
97 Change remote directory to
100 Change local directory to
102 .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
108 must be a numeric GID.
109 .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
110 Change permissions of file
114 .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
120 must be a numeric UID.
130 and store it on the local machine.
132 path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
133 remote machine. If the
135 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
139 .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
140 Display local directory listing of either
142 or current directory if
145 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
146 Create local directory specified by
148 .It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
149 Create a symbolic link from
154 Print local working directory.
156 Display remote directory listing of either
158 or current directory if
161 .It Ic lumask Ar umask
165 Create remote directory specified by
174 and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not
175 specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the
177 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
180 Display remote working directory.
183 .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
184 Rename remote file from
189 Remove remote directory specified by
192 Delete remote file specified by
194 .It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
195 Create a symbolic link from
204 Escape to local shell.
209 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
220 .%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
221 .%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
223 .%O work in progress material