.\" $NetBSD: sftp.1,v 1.4 2001/04/10 08:08:01 itojun Exp $ .\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.14 2001/04/09 00:42:05 stevesk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (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 February 4, 2001 .Dt SFTP 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm sftp .Nd Secure file transfer program .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm sftp .Op Fl vC .Op Fl b Ar batchfile .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option .Op Ar hostname | user@hostname .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is an interactive file transfer program, similar to .Xr ftp 1 , which performs all operations over an encrypted .Xr ssh 1 transport. It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and compression. .Nm connects and logs into the specified .Ar hostname then enters an interactive command mode. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl b Ar batchfile Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input .Ar batchfile instead of .Em stdin . Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with non-interactive authentication. .Nm will abort if any of the following commands fail: .Ic get , put , rename , ln , rm , mkdir , chdir , lchdir and .Ic lmkdir . .It Fl C Enables compression (via ssh's .Fl C flag) .It Fl v Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh. .It Fl o Ar ssh_option Specify an option to be directly passed to .Xr ssh 1 . .It Fl v Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh. .El .Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS Once in interactive mode, .Nm understands a set of commands similar to those of .Xr ftp 1 . Commands are case insensitive. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ic cd Ar path Change remote directory to .Ar path . .It Ic lcd Ar path Change local directory to .Ar path . .It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path Change group of file .Ar path to .Ar grp . .Ar grp must be numeric. .It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path Change permissions of file .Ar path to .Ar mode . .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path Change owner of file .Ar path to .Ar own . .Ar own must be a numeric UID. .It Ic exit Quit sftp. .It Xo Ic get .Op Ar flags .Ar remote-path .Op Ar local-path .Xc Retrieve the .Ar remote-file and store it on the local machine. If the local path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the remote machine. If the .Fl P flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are copied too. .It Ic help Display help text. .It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path Display local directory listing of either .Ar path or current directory if .Ar path was not specified. .It Ic lmkdir Ar path Create local directory specified by .Ar path . .It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath Create a symbolic link from .Ar oldpath to .Ar newpath . .It Ic lpwd Print local working directory. .It Ic ls Op Ar path Display remote directory listing of either .Ar path or current directory, is .Ar path not specified. .It Ic lumask Ar umask Set local umask to .Ar umask . .It Ic mkdir Ar path Create remote directory specified by .Ar path . .It Ic put Ar local-file Op Ar remote-file Upload .Ar local-path and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the .Fl P flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are copied too. .It Ic pwd Display remote working directory. .It Ic quit Quit sftp. .It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath Rename remote file from .Ar oldpath to .Ar newpath . .It Ic rmdir Ar path Remove remote directory specified by .Ar path . .It Ic rm Ar path Delete remote file specified by .Ar path . .It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath Create a symbolic link from .Ar oldpath to .Ar newpath . .It Ic ! Ar command Execute .Ar command in local shell. .It Ic ! Escape to local shell. .It Ic ? A synonym for help. .El .Sh AUTHORS Damien Miller .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ssh 1 , .Xr sftp-server 8 , .Xr ssh-add 1 , .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , .Xr sshd 8 , .Xr scp 1