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30 .Nd Secure file transfer program
35 .Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
36 .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
37 .Op Fl P Ar sftp_server path
38 .Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
42 .Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIfile\fR [\fIfile\fR]]
44 .Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIdir\fR[\fI/\fR]]
47 is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
49 which performs all operations over an encrypted
52 It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
55 connects and logs into the specified
57 then enters an interactive command mode.
59 The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
60 authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
61 successful interactive authentication.
63 The last usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
65 The options are as follows:
68 Specify the use of protocol version 1.
69 .It Fl P Ar sftp_server path
70 Connect directly to a local
74 This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
76 Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
80 Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
81 non-interactive authentication.
83 will abort if any of the following
85 .Ic get , put , rename , ln , rm , mkdir , chdir , lchdir
89 Enables compression (via ssh's
92 .It Fl F Ar ssh_config
93 Specifies an alternative
94 per-user configuration file for
96 This option is directly passed to
98 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
99 Can be used to pass options to
101 in the format used in the
103 configuration file. This is useful for specifying options
104 for which there is no separate
106 command-line flag. For example, to specify an alternate
109 .It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
110 Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
111 on the remote host. A path is useful for using sftp over
112 protocol version 1, or when the remote
114 does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
118 to use for the encrypted connection.
119 The program must understand
123 Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
125 .Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
126 Once in interactive mode,
128 understands a set of commands similar to those of
130 Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
136 Change remote directory to
139 Change local directory to
141 .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
147 must be a numeric GID.
148 .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
149 Change permissions of file
153 .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
159 must be a numeric UID.
169 and store it on the local machine.
171 path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
172 remote machine. If the
174 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
178 .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
179 Display local directory listing of either
181 or current directory if
184 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
185 Create local directory specified by
187 .It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
188 Create a symbolic link from
193 Print local working directory.
195 Display remote directory listing of either
197 or current directory if
200 .It Ic lumask Ar umask
204 Create remote directory specified by
213 and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not
214 specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the
216 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
219 Display remote working directory.
222 .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
223 Rename remote file from
228 Remove remote directory specified by
231 Delete remote file specified by
233 .It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
234 Create a symbolic link from
243 Escape to local shell.
248 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
259 .%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
260 .%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
262 .%O work in progress material