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| .Dd February 4, 2001 |
| .Dt SFTP 1 |
| .Os |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm sftp |
| .Nd Secure file transfer program |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm sftp |
| .Op Fl vC1 |
| .Op Fl b Ar batchfile |
| .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option |
| .Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server |
| .Op Fl B Ar buffer_size |
| .Op Fl F Ar ssh_config |
| .Op Fl P Ar sftp_server path |
| .Op Fl R Ar num_requests |
| .Op Fl S Ar program |
| .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 |
| .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 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 |
| 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 , |
| .Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls , |
| .Ic lchdir , chmod , chown , chgrp , lpwd |
| and |
| .Ic lmkdir . |
| Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by |
| prefixing the command with a |
| .Ic '-' |
| character (For example, |
| .Ic -rm /tmp/blah* |
| ). |
| .It Fl o Ar ssh_option |
| Can be used to pass options to |
| .Nm ssh |
| in the format used in |
| .Xr ssh_config 5 . |
| This is useful for specifying options |
| for which there is no separate |
| .Nm sftp |
| command-line flag. For example, to specify an alternate |
| port use: |
| .Ic sftp -oPort=24 . |
| .It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server |
| Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server |
| on the remote host. A path is useful for using sftp over |
| protocol version 1, or when the remote |
| .Nm sshd |
| does not have an sftp subsystem configured. |
| .It Fl v |
| Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh. |
| .It Fl B Ar buffer_size |
| Specify the size of the buffer that |
| .Nm |
| uses when transferring files. Larger buffers require fewer round trips at |
| the cost of higher memory consumption. The default is 32768 bytes. |
| .It Fl C |
| Enables compression (via ssh's |
| .Fl C |
| flag). |
| .It Fl F Ar ssh_config |
| Specifies an alternative |
| per-user configuration file for |
| .Nm ssh . |
| This option is directly passed to |
| .Xr ssh 1 . |
| .It Fl P Ar sftp_server path |
| Connect directly to a local |
| .Nm sftp-server |
| (rather than via |
| .Nm ssh ) |
| This option may be useful in debugging the client and server. |
| .It Fl R Ar num_requests |
| Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time. Increasing |
| this may slightly improve file transfer speed but will increase memory |
| usage. The default is 16 outstanding requests. |
| .It Fl S Ar program |
| Name of the |
| .Ar program |
| to use for the encrypted connection. |
| The program must understand |
| .Xr ssh 1 |
| options. |
| .It Fl 1 |
| Specify the use of protocol version 1. |
| .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 and pathnames may be enclosed in quotes if they |
| contain spaces. |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| .It Ic bye |
| Quit sftp. |
| .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 a numeric GID. |
| .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-path |
| 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 |
| is 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 Xo Ic ls |
| .Op Ar flags |
| .Op Ar path |
| .Xc |
| Display remote directory listing of either |
| .Ar path |
| or current directory if |
| .Ar path |
| is not specified. If the |
| .Fl l |
| flag is specified, then display additional details including permissions |
| and ownership information. |
| .It Ic lumask Ar umask |
| Set local umask to |
| .Ar umask . |
| .It Ic mkdir Ar path |
| Create remote directory specified by |
| .Ar path . |
| .It Xo Ic put |
| .Op Ar flags |
| .Ar local-path |
| .Op Ar remote-path |
| .Xc |
| 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 version |
| Display the |
| .Nm |
| protocol version. |
| .It Ic ! Ar command |
| Execute |
| .Ar command |
| in local shell. |
| .It Ic ! |
| Escape to local shell. |
| .It Ic ? |
| Synonym for help. |
| .El |
| .Sh AUTHORS |
| Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr scp 1 , |
| .Xr ssh 1 , |
| .Xr ssh-add 1 , |
| .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , |
| .Xr ssh_config 5 , |
| .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 |