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.
82 \dt \cw{-i} \e{keyfile}
84 \dd Private key file for user authentication. For SSH-2 keys, this key
85 file must be in PuTTY's PPK format, not OpenSSH's format or anyone
88 \lcont{ If you are using an authentication agent, you can also specify
89 a \e{public} key here (in RFC 4716 or OpenSSH format), to identify
90 which of the agent's keys to use. }
92 \dt \cw{\-hostkey} \e{key}
94 \dd Specify an acceptable host public key. This option may be specified
95 multiple times; each key can be either a fingerprint (\cw{99:aa:bb:...}) or
96 a base64-encoded blob in OpenSSH's one-line format.
98 \lcont{ Specifying this option overrides automated host key
99 management; \e{only} the key(s) specified on the command-line will be
100 accepted (unless a saved session also overrides host keys, in which
101 case those will be added to), and the host key cache will not be
104 \dt \cw{\-sshlog} \e{logfile}
106 \dt \cw{\-sshrawlog} \e{logfile}
108 \dd These options make \cw{psftp} log protocol details to a file.
109 (Some of these may be sensitive, although by default an effort is made
110 to suppress obvious passwords.)
113 \cw{\-sshlog} logs decoded SSH packets and other events (those that
114 \cw{\-v} would print). \cw{\-sshrawlog} additionally logs the raw
115 encrypted packet data.
118 \S{psftp-manpage-commands} COMMANDS
120 For a list of commands available inside \cw{psftp}, type \cw{help}
121 at the \cw{psftp>} prompt.
123 \S{psftp-manpage-more-information} MORE INFORMATION
125 For more information on \cw{psftp} it's probably best to go and look at
126 the manual on the PuTTY web page:
128 \cw{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/}
130 \S{psftp-manpage-bugs} BUGS
132 This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for
133 better documentation.