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30 .Nd Secure file transfer program
35 .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
36 .Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
37 .Op Fl B Ar buffer_size
38 .Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
39 .Op Fl P Ar sftp_server path
43 .Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIfile\fR [\fIfile\fR]]
45 .Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIdir\fR[\fI/\fR]]
48 is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
50 which performs all operations over an encrypted
53 It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
56 connects and logs into the specified
58 then enters an interactive command mode.
60 The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
61 authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
62 successful interactive authentication.
64 The last usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
66 The options are as follows:
69 Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
73 Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
74 non-interactive authentication.
76 will abort if any of the following
78 .Ic get , put , rename , ln , rm , mkdir , chdir , lchdir
81 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
82 Can be used to pass options to
84 in the format used in the
86 configuration file. This is useful for specifying options
87 for which there is no separate
89 command-line flag. For example, to specify an alternate
92 .It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
93 Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
94 on the remote host. A path is useful for using sftp over
95 protocol version 1, or when the remote
97 does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
99 Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
100 .It Fl B Ar buffer_size
101 Specify the size of the buffer that
103 uses when transferring files. Larger buffers require fewer round trips at
104 the cost of higher memory consumption. The default is 32768 bytes.
106 Enables compression (via ssh's
109 .It Fl F Ar ssh_config
110 Specifies an alternative
111 per-user configuration file for
113 This option is directly passed to
115 .It Fl P Ar sftp_server path
116 Connect directly to a local
120 This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
124 to use for the encrypted connection.
125 The program must understand
129 Specify the use of protocol version 1.
131 .Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
132 Once in interactive mode,
134 understands a set of commands similar to those of
136 Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
142 Change remote directory to
145 Change local directory to
147 .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
153 must be a numeric GID.
154 .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
155 Change permissions of file
159 .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
165 must be a numeric UID.
175 and store it on the local machine.
177 path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
178 remote machine. If the
180 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
184 .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
185 Display local directory listing of either
187 or current directory if
190 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
191 Create local directory specified by
193 .It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
194 Create a symbolic link from
199 Print local working directory.
201 Display remote directory listing of either
203 or current directory if
206 .It Ic lumask Ar umask
210 Create remote directory specified by
219 and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not
220 specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the
222 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
225 Display remote working directory.
228 .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
229 Rename remote file from
234 Remove remote directory specified by
237 Delete remote file specified by
239 .It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
240 Create a symbolic link from
249 Escape to local shell.
254 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
265 .%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
266 .%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
268 .%O work in progress material