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
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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.
27 \dt \cw{-b} \e{batchfile}
29 \dd Use specified batchfile.
33 \dd Output batchfile commands.
37 \dd Don't stop batchfile processing on errors.
41 \dd Show verbose messages.
43 \dt \cw{-load} \e{session}
45 \dd Load settings from saved session.
49 \dd Connect to port \e{port}.
53 \dd Set remote username to \e{user}.
57 \dd Disable interactive prompts.
59 \dt \cw{-pw} \e{password}
61 \dd Set remote password to \e{password}. \e{CAUTION:} this will likely
62 make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via
63 commands such as \q{\c{w}}).
67 \dd Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
71 \dd Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
75 \dd Enable SSH compression.
79 \dd Private key file for authentication.
81 \S{psftp-manpage-commands} COMMANDS
83 For a list of commands available inside \cw{psftp}, type \cw{help}
84 at the \cw{psftp>} prompt.
86 \S{psftp-manpage-more-information} MORE INFORMATION
88 For more information on \cw{psftp} it's probably best to go and look at
89 the manual on the PuTTY web page:
91 \cw{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/}
93 \S{psftp-manpage-bugs} BUGS
95 This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for