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1 \cfg{man-identity}{psftp}{1}{2004-03-24}{PuTTY tool suite}{PuTTY tool suite}
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3 \H{psftp-manpage} Man page for PSFTP
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5 \S{psftp-manpage-name} NAME
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7 \cw{psftp} \- interactive SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) client
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9 \S{psftp-manpage-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
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11 \c psftp [options] [user@]host
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14 \S{psftp-manpage-description} DESCRIPTION
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16 \cw{psftp} is an interactive text-based client for the SSH-based SFTP
17 (secure file transfer) protocol.
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19 \S{psftp-manpage-options} OPTIONS
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21 The command-line options supported by \cw{psftp} are:
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23 \dt \cw{-V}
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25 \dd Show version information and exit.
26
27 \dt \cw{-b} \e{batchfile}
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29 \dd Use specified batchfile.
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31 \dt \cw{-bc}
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33 \dd Output batchfile commands.
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35 \dt \cw{-be}
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37 \dd Don't stop batchfile processing on errors.
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39 \dt \cw{-v}
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41 \dd Show verbose messages.
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43 \dt \cw{-load} \e{session}
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45 \dd Load settings from saved session.
46
47 \dt \cw{-P} \e{port}
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49 \dd Connect to port \e{port}.
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51 \dt \cw{-l} \e{user}
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53 \dd Set remote username to \e{user}.
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55 \dt \cw{-batch}
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57 \dd Disable interactive prompts.
58
59 \dt \cw{-pw} \e{password}
60
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}}).
64
65 \dt \cw{-1}
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67 \dd Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
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69 \dt \cw{-2}
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71 \dd Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
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73 \dt \cw{-C}
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75 \dd Enable SSH compression.
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77 \dt \cw{-i} \e{path}
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79 \dd Private key file for authentication.
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81 \S{psftp-manpage-commands} COMMANDS
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83 For a list of commands available inside \cw{psftp}, type \cw{help}
84 at the \cw{psftp>} prompt.
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86 \S{psftp-manpage-more-information} MORE INFORMATION
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88 For more information on \cw{psftp} it's probably best to go and look at
89 the manual on the PuTTY web page:
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91 \cw{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/}
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93 \S{psftp-manpage-bugs} BUGS
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95 This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for
96 better documentation.