-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.13 2001/03/08 20:44:48 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.20 2001/06/23 05:57:08 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller. All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd Febuary 4, 2001
+.Dd February 4, 2001
.Dt SFTP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Op Fl vC
.Op Fl b Ar batchfile
.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
-.Op Ar hostname | user@hostname
+.Op Ar host
+.Nm sftp
+.Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIfile\fR [\fIfile\fR]]
+.Nm sftp
+.Op [\fIuser\fR@]\fIhost\fR[:\fIdir\fR[\fI/\fR]]
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
compression.
.Nm
connects and logs into the specified
-.Ar hostname ,
+.Ar host ,
then enters an interactive command mode.
.Pp
+The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
+authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
+successful interactive authentication.
+.Pp
+The last usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.
+.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl b Ar batchfile
.Sh AUTHORS
Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr scp 1 ,
.Xr ssh 1 ,
-.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
-.Xr sshd 8 ,
-.Xr scp 1
-
+.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
+.Xr sshd 8
+.Rs
+.%A T. Ylonen
+.%A S. Lehtinen
+.%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
+.%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
+.%D January 2001
+.%O work in progress material
+.Re