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.Dd Febuary 4, 2001
.Dt SFTP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm sftp
.Nd Secure file tranfer program
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm sftp
.Op Fl v Li | Fl C
.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 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 .
.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 HELP
Display help text
.It Ic GET Ar remote-file Op Ar local-file
Retrieve the
.Ar remote-file
and store it on the local machine.
If the local
file name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
remote machine.
.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 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 local-file Op Ar remote-file
Upload
.Ar local-file
and store it on the remote machine. If the local file name is not specified,
it is given the same name it has on the local machine.
.It Ic PWD
Display remote working directory
.It Ic EXIT
Quit sftp
.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 ! Ar command
Execute
.Ar command
in local shell
.It Ic !
Escape to local shell
.Sh AUTHORS
Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ssh 1 ,
.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
.Xr sshd 8