1 \cfg{man-identity}{psftp}{1}{2004-03-24}{PuTTY tool suite}{PuTTY tool suite}
3 \H{psftp-manpage} Man page for PSFTP
5 \S{psftp-manpage-name} NAME
7 \cw{psftp} \- interactive SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) client
9 \S{psftp-manpage-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
11 \c psftp [options] [user@]host
12 \e bbbbb iiiiiii iiiib iiii
14 \S{psftp-manpage-description} DESCRIPTION
16 \cw{psftp} is an interactive text-based client for the SSH-based SFTP
17 (secure file transfer) protocol.
19 \S{psftp-manpage-options} OPTIONS
21 The command-line options supported by \cw{psftp} are:
25 \dd Show version information and exit.
29 \dd Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit,
30 to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.
32 \dt \cw{-b} \e{batchfile}
34 \dd Use specified batchfile.
38 \dd Output batchfile commands.
42 \dd Don't stop batchfile processing on errors.
46 \dd Show verbose messages.
48 \dt \cw{-load} \e{session}
50 \dd Load settings from saved session.
54 \dd Connect to port \e{port}.
58 \dd Set remote username to \e{user}.
62 \dd Disable interactive prompts.
64 \dt \cw{-pw} \e{password}
66 \dd Set remote password to \e{password}. \e{CAUTION:} this will likely
67 make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via
68 commands such as \q{\c{w}}).
72 \dd Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
76 \dd Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
80 \dd Force use of IPv4 or IPv6 for network connections.
84 \dd Enable SSH compression.
86 \dt \cw{-i} \e{keyfile}
88 \dd Private key file for user authentication. For SSH-2 keys, this key
89 file must be in PuTTY's PPK format, not OpenSSH's format or anyone
92 \lcont{ If you are using an authentication agent, you can also specify
93 a \e{public} key here (in RFC 4716 or OpenSSH format), to identify
94 which of the agent's keys to use. }
98 \dd Don't try to use an authentication agent.
102 \dd Allow use of an authentication agent. (This option is only necessary
103 to override a setting in a saved session.)
105 \dt \cw{\-hostkey} \e{key}
107 \dd Specify an acceptable host public key. This option may be specified
108 multiple times; each key can be either a fingerprint (\cw{99:aa:bb:...}) or
109 a base64-encoded blob in OpenSSH's one-line format.
111 \lcont{ Specifying this option overrides automated host key
112 management; \e{only} the key(s) specified on the command-line will be
113 accepted (unless a saved session also overrides host keys, in which
114 case those will be added to), and the host key cache will not be
117 \dt \cw{\-sshlog} \e{logfile}
119 \dt \cw{\-sshrawlog} \e{logfile}
121 \dd These options make \cw{psftp} log protocol details to a file.
122 (Some of these may be sensitive, although by default an effort is made
123 to suppress obvious passwords.)
126 \cw{\-sshlog} logs decoded SSH packets and other events (those that
127 \cw{\-v} would print). \cw{\-sshrawlog} additionally logs the raw
128 encrypted packet data.
131 \S{psftp-manpage-commands} COMMANDS
133 For a list of commands available inside \cw{psftp}, type \cw{help}
134 at the \cw{psftp>} prompt.
136 \S{psftp-manpage-more-information} MORE INFORMATION
138 For more information on \cw{psftp} it's probably best to go and look at
139 the manual on the PuTTY web page:
141 \cw{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/}
143 \S{psftp-manpage-bugs} BUGS
145 This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for
146 better documentation.