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 Enable SSH compression.
84 \dd Private key file for authentication.
86 \S{psftp-manpage-commands} COMMANDS
88 For a list of commands available inside \cw{psftp}, type \cw{help}
89 at the \cw{psftp>} prompt.
91 \S{psftp-manpage-more-information} MORE INFORMATION
93 For more information on \cw{psftp} it's probably best to go and look at
94 the manual on the PuTTY web page:
96 \cw{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/}
98 \S{psftp-manpage-bugs} BUGS
100 This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for
101 better documentation.