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30 .Nd Secure file transfer program
35 .Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
36 .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
39 .Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIfile\fR [\fIfile\fR]]
41 .Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIdir\fR[\fI/\fR]]
44 is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
46 which performs all operations over an encrypted
49 It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
52 connects and logs into the specified
54 then enters an interactive command mode.
56 The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
57 authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
58 successful interactive authentication.
60 The last usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
62 The options are as follows:
65 Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
69 Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
70 non-interactive authentication.
72 will abort if any of the following
74 .Ic get , put , rename , ln , rm , mkdir , chdir , lchdir
78 Enables compression (via ssh's
81 .It Fl F Ar ssh_config
82 Specifies an alternative
83 per-user configuration file for
85 This option is directly passed to
87 .It Fl o Ar ssh_option
88 Can be used to pass options to
90 in the format used in the
92 configuration file. This is useful for specifying options
93 for which there is no separate
95 command-line flag. For example, forcing the use of protocol
96 version 1 is specified using
97 .Ic sftp -oProtocol=1 .
99 Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
101 .Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
102 Once in interactive mode,
104 understands a set of commands similar to those of
106 Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they
112 Change remote directory to
115 Change local directory to
117 .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
123 must be a numeric GID.
124 .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
125 Change permissions of file
129 .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
135 must be a numeric UID.
145 and store it on the local machine.
147 path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
148 remote machine. If the
150 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
154 .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
155 Display local directory listing of either
157 or current directory if
160 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
161 Create local directory specified by
163 .It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
164 Create a symbolic link from
169 Print local working directory.
171 Display remote directory listing of either
173 or current directory if
176 .It Ic lumask Ar umask
180 Create remote directory specified by
189 and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not
190 specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the
192 flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
195 Display remote working directory.
198 .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
199 Rename remote file from
204 Remove remote directory specified by
207 Delete remote file specified by
209 .It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
210 Create a symbolic link from
219 Escape to local shell.
224 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
235 .%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
236 .%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
238 .%O work in progress material