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61.Dd May 10, 2008
62.Dt FTP 1
63.Os
64.Sh NAME
65.Nm ftp
66.Nd Internet file transfer program
67.Sh SYNOPSIS
68.Nm
69.Op Fl 46AadefginpRtVv
70.Bk -words
71.Op Fl N Ar netrc
72.Ek
73.Bk -words
74.Op Fl o Ar output
75.Ek
76.Bk -words
77.Op Fl P Ar port
78.Ek
79.Bk -words
80.Op Fl q Ar quittime
81.Ek
82.Bk -words
83.Op Fl r Ar retry
84.Ek
85.Op Fl s Ar srcaddr
86.Bk -words
87.\" [-T dir,max[,inc]]
88.Oo
89.Fl T Xo
90.Sm off
91.Ar dir ,
92.Ar max
93.Op , Ar inc
94.Sm on
95.Xc
96.Oc
97.Ek
98.Bk -words
99.\" [[user@]host [port]]
100.Oo
101.Oo Ar user Ns Li \&@ Oc Ns Ar host
102.Op Ar port
103.Oc
104.Ek
105.Bk -words
106.\" [[user@]host:[path][/]]
107.Sm off
108.Oo
109.Op Ar user Li \&@
110.Ar host Li \&:
111.Op Ar path
112.Op Li /
113.Oc
114.Sm on
115.Ek
116.Bk -words
117.\" [file:///path]
118.Sm off
119.Oo
120.Li file:/// Ar path
121.Oc
122.Sm on
123.Ek
124.Bk -words
125.\" [ftp://[user[:password]@]host[:port]/path[/]]
126.Sm off
127.Oo
128.Li ftp://
129.Oo Ar user
130.Op Li \&: Ar password
131.Li \&@ Oc
132.Ar host Oo Li \&: Ar port Oc
133.Li / Ar path
134.Op Li /
135.Op Li ;type= Ar X
136.Oc
137.Sm on
138.Ek
139.Bk -words
140.\" [http://[user[:password]@]host[:port]/path]
141.Sm off
142.Oo
143.Li http://
144.Oo Ar user
145.Op Li \&: Ar password
146.Li \&@ Oc
147.Ar host Oo Li \&: Ar port Oc
148.Li / Ar path
149.Oc
150.Sm on
151.Ek
152.Op Ar \&.\&.\&.
153.Nm
154.Bk -words
155.Fl u Ar URL Ar file
156.Ek
157.Op Ar \&.\&.\&.
158.Sh DESCRIPTION
159.Nm
160is the user interface to the Internet standard File Transfer Protocol.
161The program allows a user to transfer files to and from a
162remote network site.
163.Pp
164The last five arguments will fetch a file using the
165.Tn FTP
166or
167.Tn HTTP
168protocols, or by direct copying, into the current directory.
169This is ideal for scripts.
170Refer to
171.Sx AUTO-FETCHING FILES
172below for more information.
173.Pp
174Options may be specified at the command line, or to the
175command interpreter.
176.Bl -tag -width Fl
177.It Fl 4
178Forces
179.Nm
180to only use IPv4 addresses.
181.It Fl 6
182Forces
183.Nm
184to only use IPv6 addresses.
185.It Fl A
186Force active mode ftp.
187By default,
188.Nm
189will try to use passive mode ftp and fall back to active mode
190if passive is not supported by the server.
191This option causes
192.Nm
193to always use an active connection.
194It is only useful for connecting to very old servers that do not
195implement passive mode properly.
196.It Fl a
197Causes
198.Nm
199to bypass normal login procedure, and use an anonymous login instead.
200.It Fl d
201Enables debugging.
202.It Fl e
203Disables command line editing.
204This is useful for Emacs ange-ftp mode.
205.It Fl f
206Forces a cache reload for transfers that go through the
207.Tn FTP
208or
209.Tn HTTP
210proxies.
211.It Fl g
212Disables file name globbing.
213.It Fl i
214Turns off interactive prompting during
215multiple file transfers.
216.It Fl N Ar netrc
217Use
218.Ar netrc
219instead of
220.Pa ~/.netrc .
221Refer to
222.Sx THE .netrc FILE
223for more information.
224.It Fl n
225Restrains
226.Nm
227from attempting
228.Dq auto-login
229upon initial connection for non auto-fetch transfers.
230If auto-login is enabled,
231.Nm
232will check the
233.Pa .netrc
234(see below) file in the user's home directory for an entry describing
235an account on the remote machine.
236If no entry exists,
237.Nm
238will prompt for the remote machine login name (default is the user
239identity on the local machine), and, if necessary, prompt for a password
240and an account with which to login.
241To override the auto-login for auto-fetch transfers, specify the
242username (and optionally, password) as appropriate.
243.It Fl o Ar output
244When auto-fetching files, save the contents in
245.Ar output .
246.Ar output
247is parsed according to the
248.Sx FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS
249below.
250If
251.Ar output
252is not
253.Sq -
254or doesn't start with
255.Sq \&| ,
256then only the first file specified will be retrieved into
257.Ar output ;
258all other files will be retrieved into the basename of their
259remote name.
260.It Fl P Ar port
261Sets the port number to
262.Ar port .
263.It Fl p
264Enable passive mode operation for use behind connection filtering firewalls.
265This option has been deprecated as
266.Nm
267now tries to use passive mode by default, falling back to active mode
268if the server does not support passive connections.
269.It Fl q Ar quittime
270Quit if the connection has stalled for
271.Ar quittime
272seconds.
273.It Fl R
274Restart all non-proxied auto-fetches.
275.It Fl r Ar wait
276Retry the connection attempt if it failed, pausing for
277.Ar wait
278seconds.
279.It Fl s Ar srcaddr
280Uses
281.Ar srcaddr
282as the local IP address for all connections.
283.It Fl t
284Enables packet tracing.
285.It Fl T Ar direction Ns , Ns Ar maximum Ns Oo , Ns Ar increment Oc
286Set the maximum transfer rate for
287.Ar direction
288to
289.Ar maximum
290bytes/second,
291and if specified, the increment to
292.Ar increment
293bytes/second.
294Refer to
295.Ic rate
296for more information.
297.It Fl u Ar URL file Op \&.\&.\&.
298Upload files on the command line to
299.Ar URL
300where
301.Ar URL
302is one of the ftp URL types as supported by auto-fetch
303(with an optional target filename for single file uploads), and
304.Ar file
305is one or more local files to be uploaded.
306.It Fl V
307Disable
308.Ic verbose
309and
310.Ic progress ,
311overriding the default of enabled when output is to a terminal.
312.It Fl v
313Enable
314.Ic verbose
315and
316.Ic progress .
317This is the default if output is to a terminal (and in the case of
318.Ic progress ,
319.Nm
320is the foreground process).
321Forces
322.Nm
323to show all responses from the remote server, as well
324as report on data transfer statistics.
325.El
326.Pp
327The client host with which
328.Nm
329is to communicate may be specified on the command line.
330If this is done,
331.Nm
332will immediately attempt to establish a connection to an
333.Tn FTP
334server on that host; otherwise,
335.Nm
336will enter its command interpreter and await instructions
337from the user.
338When
339.Nm
340is awaiting commands from the user the prompt
341.Ql ftp\*[Gt]
342is provided to the user.
343The following commands are recognized
344by
345.Nm ftp :
346.Bl -tag -width Ic
347.It Ic \&! Op Ar command Op Ar args
348Invoke an interactive shell on the local machine.
349If there are arguments, the first is taken to be a command to execute
350directly, with the rest of the arguments as its arguments.
351.It Ic \&$ Ar macro-name Op Ar args
352Execute the macro
353.Ar macro-name
354that was defined with the
355.Ic macdef
356command.
357Arguments are passed to the macro unglobbed.
358.It Ic account Op Ar passwd
359Supply a supplemental password required by a remote system for access
360to resources once a login has been successfully completed.
361If no argument is included, the user will be prompted for an account
362password in a non-echoing input mode.
363.It Ic append Ar local-file Op Ar remote-file
364Append a local file to a file on the remote machine.
365If
366.Ar remote-file
367is left unspecified, the local file name is used in naming the
368remote file after being altered by any
369.Ic ntrans
370or
371.Ic nmap
372setting.
373File transfer uses the current settings for
374.Ic type  ,
375.Ic format ,
376.Ic mode  ,
377and
378.Ic structure .
379.It Ic ascii
380Set the file transfer
381.Ic type
382to network
383.Tn ASCII .
384This is the default type.
385.It Ic bell
386Arrange that a bell be sounded after each file transfer
387command is completed.
388.It Ic binary
389Set the file transfer
390.Ic type
391to support binary image transfer.
392.It Ic bye
393Terminate the
394.Tn FTP
395session with the remote server
396and exit
397.Nm ftp .
398An end of file will also terminate the session and exit.
399.It Ic case
400Toggle remote computer file name case mapping during
401.Ic get ,
402.Ic mget
403and
404.Ic mput
405commands.
406When
407.Ic case
408is on (default is off), remote computer file names with all letters in
409upper case are written in the local directory with the letters mapped
410to lower case.
411.It Ic \&cd Ar remote-directory
412Change the working directory on the remote machine
413to
414.Ar remote-directory .
415.It Ic cdup
416Change the remote machine working directory to the parent of the
417current remote machine working directory.
418.It Ic chmod Ar mode remote-file
419Change the permission modes of the file
420.Ar remote-file
421on the remote
422system to
423.Ar mode .
424.It Ic close
425Terminate the
426.Tn FTP
427session with the remote server, and
428return to the command interpreter.
429Any defined macros are erased.
430.It Ic \&cr
431Toggle carriage return stripping during
432ascii type file retrieval.
433Records are denoted by a carriage return/linefeed sequence
434during ascii type file transfer.
435When
436.Ic \&cr
437is on (the default), carriage returns are stripped from this
438sequence to conform with the
439.Ux
440single linefeed record
441delimiter.
442Records on
443.Pf non\- Ns Ux
444remote systems may contain single linefeeds;
445when an ascii type transfer is made, these linefeeds may be
446distinguished from a record delimiter only when
447.Ic \&cr
448is off.
449.It Ic delete Ar remote-file
450Delete the file
451.Ar remote-file
452on the remote machine.
453.It Ic dir Op Ar remote-path Op Ar local-file
454Print a listing of the contents of a
455directory on the remote machine.
456The listing includes any system-dependent information that the server
457chooses to include; for example, most
458.Ux
459systems will produce
460output from the command
461.Ql ls \-l .
462If
463.Ar remote-path
464is left unspecified, the current working directory is used.
465If interactive prompting is on,
466.Nm
467will prompt the user to verify that the last argument is indeed the
468target local file for receiving
469.Ic dir
470output.
471If no local file is specified, or if
472.Ar local-file
473is
474.Sq Fl ,
475the output is sent to the terminal.
476.It Ic disconnect
477A synonym for
478.Ic close .
479.It Ic edit
480Toggle command line editing, and context sensitive command and file
481completion.
482This is automatically enabled if input is from a terminal, and
483disabled otherwise.
484.It Ic epsv epsv4 epsv6
485Toggle the use of the extended
486.Dv EPSV
487and
488.Dv EPRT
489commands on all IP, IPv4, and IPv6 connections respectively.
490First try
491.Dv EPSV /
492.Dv EPRT ,
493and then
494.Dv PASV /
495.Dv PORT .
496This is enabled by default.
497If an extended command fails then this option will be temporarily
498disabled for the duration of the current connection, or until
499.Ic epsv ,
500.Ic epsv4 ,
501or
502.Ic epsv6
503is executed again.
504.It Ic exit
505A synonym for
506.Ic bye .
507.It Ic features
508Display what features the remote server supports (using the
509.Dv FEAT
510command).
511.It Ic fget Ar localfile
512Retrieve the files listed in
513.Ar localfile ,
514which has one line per filename.
515.It Ic form Ar format
516Set the file transfer
517.Ic form
518to
519.Ar format .
520The default (and only supported)
521format is
522.Dq non-print .
523.It Ic ftp Ar host Op Ar port
524A synonym for
525.Ic open .
526.It Ic ftp_debug Op Ar ftp_debug-value
527Toggle debugging mode.
528If an optional
529.Ar ftp_debug-value
530is specified it is used to set the debugging level.
531When debugging is on,
532.Nm
533prints each command sent to the remote machine, preceded
534by the string
535.Ql \-\-\*[Gt] .
536.It Ic gate Op Ar host Op Ar port
537Toggle gate-ftp mode, which used to connect through the
538TIS FWTK and Gauntlet ftp proxies.
539This will not be permitted if the gate-ftp server hasn't been set
540(either explicitly by the user, or from the
541.Ev FTPSERVER
542environment variable).
543If
544.Ar host
545is given,
546then gate-ftp mode will be enabled, and the gate-ftp server will be set to
547.Ar host .
548If
549.Ar port
550is also given, that will be used as the port to connect to on the
551gate-ftp server.
552.It Ic get Ar remote-file Op Ar local-file
553Retrieve the
554.Ar remote-file
555and store it on the local machine.
556If the local
557file name is not specified, it is given the same
558name it has on the remote machine, subject to
559alteration by the current
560.Ic case  ,
561.Ic ntrans ,
562and
563.Ic nmap
564settings.
565The current settings for
566.Ic type  ,
567.Ic form ,
568.Ic mode  ,
569and
570.Ic structure
571are used while transferring the file.
572.It Ic glob
573Toggle filename expansion for
574.Ic mdelete  ,
575.Ic mget ,
576.Ic mput ,
577and
578.Ic mreget .
579If globbing is turned off with
580.Ic glob  ,
581the file name arguments
582are taken literally and not expanded.
583Globbing for
584.Ic mput
585is done as in
586.Xr csh 1 .
587For
588.Ic mdelete ,
589.Ic mget ,
590and
591.Ic mreget ,
592each remote file name is expanded
593separately on the remote machine and the lists are not merged.
594Expansion of a directory name is likely to be
595different from expansion of the name of an ordinary file:
596the exact result depends on the foreign operating system and ftp server,
597and can be previewed by doing
598.Ql mls remote-files \-
599Note:
600.Ic mget ,
601.Ic mput
602and
603.Ic mreget
604are not meant to transfer
605entire directory subtrees of files.
606That can be done by
607transferring a
608.Xr tar 1
609archive of the subtree (in binary mode).
610.It Ic hash Op Ar size
611Toggle hash-sign
612.Pq Sq #
613printing for each data block transferred.
614The size of a data block defaults to 1024 bytes.
615This can be changed by specifying
616.Ar size
617in bytes.
618Enabling
619.Ic hash
620disables
621.Ic progress .
622.It Ic help Op Ar command
623Print an informative message about the meaning of
624.Ar command .
625If no argument is given,
626.Nm
627prints a list of the known commands.
628.It Ic idle Op Ar seconds
629Set the inactivity timer on the remote server to
630.Ar seconds
631seconds.
632If
633.Ar seconds
634is omitted, the current inactivity timer is printed.
635.It Ic image
636A synonym for
637.Ic binary .
638.It Ic lcd Op Ar directory
639Change the working directory on the local machine.
640If
641no
642.Ar directory
643is specified, the user's home directory is used.
644.It Ic less Ar file
645A synonym for
646.Ic page .
647.It Ic lpage Ar local-file
648Display
649.Ar local-file
650with the program specified by the
651.Ic "set pager"
652option.
653.It Ic lpwd
654Print the working directory on the local machine.
655.It Ic \&ls Op Ar remote-path Op Ar local-file
656A synonym for
657.Ic dir .
658.It Ic macdef Ar macro-name
659Define a macro.
660Subsequent lines are stored as the macro
661.Ar macro-name  ;
662a null line (consecutive newline characters in a file or carriage
663returns from the terminal) terminates macro input mode.
664There is a limit of 16 macros and 4096 total characters in all
665defined macros.
666Macro names can be a maximum of 8 characters.
667Macros are only applicable to the current session they are
668defined within (or if defined outside a session, to the session
669invoked with the next
670.Ic open
671command), and remain defined until a
672.Ic close
673command is executed.
674To invoke a macro, use the
675.Ic $
676command (see above).
677.Pp
678The macro processor interprets
679.Sq $
680and
681.Sq \e
682as special characters.
683A
684.Sq $
685followed by a number (or numbers) is replaced by the
686corresponding argument on the macro invocation command line.
687A
688.Sq $
689followed by an
690.Sq i
691signals the macro processor that the executing macro is to be
692looped.
693On the first pass
694.Dq $i
695is replaced by the first argument on the macro invocation command
696line, on the second pass it is replaced by the second argument,
697and so on.
698A
699.Sq \e
700followed by any character is replaced by that character.
701Use the
702.Sq \e
703to prevent special treatment of the
704.Sq $ .
705.It Ic mdelete Op Ar remote-files
706Delete the
707.Ar remote-files
708on the remote machine.
709.It Ic mdir Ar remote-files local-file
710Like
711.Ic dir  ,
712except multiple remote files may be specified.
713If interactive prompting is on,
714.Nm
715will prompt the user to verify that the last argument is indeed the
716target local file for receiving
717.Ic mdir
718output.
719.It Ic mget Ar remote-files
720Expand the
721.Ar remote-files
722on the remote machine
723and do a
724.Ic get
725for each file name thus produced.
726See
727.Ic glob
728for details on the filename expansion.
729Resulting file names will then be processed according to
730.Ic case  ,
731.Ic ntrans ,
732and
733.Ic nmap
734settings.
735Files are transferred into the local working directory,
736which can be changed with
737.Ql lcd directory ;
738new local directories can be created with
739.Ql "\&! mkdir directory" .
740.It Ic mkdir Ar directory-name
741Make a directory on the remote machine.
742.It Ic mls Ar remote-files local-file
743Like
744.Ic ls  ,
745except multiple remote files may be specified,
746and the
747.Ar local-file
748must be specified.
749If interactive prompting is on,
750.Nm
751will prompt the user to verify that the last argument is indeed the
752target local file for receiving
753.Ic mls
754output.
755.It Ic mlsd Op Ar remote-path
756Display the contents of
757.Ar remote-path
758(which should default to the current directory if not given)
759in a machine-parsable form, using
760.Dv MLSD .
761The format of display can be changed with
762.Sq "remopts mlst ..." .
763.It Ic mlst Op Ar remote-path
764Display the details about
765.Ar remote-path
766(which should default to the current directory if not given)
767in a machine-parsable form, using
768.Dv MLST .
769The format of display can be changed with
770.Sq "remopts mlst ..." .
771.It Ic mode Ar mode-name
772Set the file transfer
773.Ic mode
774to
775.Ar mode-name .
776The default (and only supported)
777mode is
778.Dq stream .
779.It Ic modtime Ar remote-file
780Show the last modification time of the file on the remote machine, in
781.Li RFC2822
782format.
783.It Ic more Ar file
784A synonym for
785.Ic page .
786.It Ic mput Ar local-files
787Expand wild cards in the list of local files given as arguments
788and do a
789.Ic put
790for each file in the resulting list.
791See
792.Ic glob
793for details of filename expansion.
794Resulting file names will then be processed according to
795.Ic ntrans
796and
797.Ic nmap
798settings.
799.It Ic mreget Ar remote-files
800As per
801.Ic mget ,
802but performs a
803.Ic reget
804instead of
805.Ic get .
806.It Ic msend Ar local-files
807A synonym for
808.Ic mput .
809.It Ic newer Ar remote-file Op Ar local-file
810Get the file only if the modification time of the remote file is more
811recent that the file on the current system.
812If the file does not
813exist on the current system, the remote file is considered
814.Ic newer .
815Otherwise, this command is identical to
816.Ar get .
817.It Ic nlist Op Ar remote-path Op Ar local-file
818A synonym for
819.Ic ls .
820.It Ic nmap Op Ar inpattern outpattern
821Set or unset the filename mapping mechanism.
822If no arguments are specified, the filename mapping mechanism is unset.
823If arguments are specified, remote filenames are mapped during
824.Ic mput
825commands and
826.Ic put
827commands issued without a specified remote target filename.
828If arguments are specified, local filenames are mapped during
829.Ic mget
830commands and
831.Ic get
832commands issued without a specified local target filename.
833This command is useful when connecting to a
834.No non\- Ns Ux
835remote computer
836with different file naming conventions or practices.
837The mapping follows the pattern set by
838.Ar inpattern
839and
840.Ar outpattern .
841.Op Ar Inpattern
842is a template for incoming filenames (which may have already been
843processed according to the
844.Ic ntrans
845and
846.Ic case
847settings).
848Variable templating is accomplished by including the
849sequences
850.Dq $1 ,
851.Dq $2 ,
852\&...
853.Dq $9
854in
855.Ar inpattern .
856Use
857.Sq \e
858to prevent this special treatment of the
859.Sq $
860character.
861All other characters are treated literally, and are used to determine the
862.Ic nmap
863.Op Ar inpattern
864variable values.
865For example, given
866.Ar inpattern
867$1.$2 and the remote file name "mydata.data", $1 would have the value
868"mydata", and $2 would have the value "data".
869The
870.Ar outpattern
871determines the resulting mapped filename.
872The sequences
873.Dq $1 ,
874.Dq $2 ,
875\&...
876.Dq $9
877are replaced by any value resulting from the
878.Ar inpattern
879template.
880The sequence
881.Dq $0
882is replaced by the original filename.
883Additionally, the sequence
884.Dq Op Ar seq1 , Ar seq2
885is replaced by
886.Op Ar seq1
887if
888.Ar seq1
889is not a null string; otherwise it is replaced by
890.Ar seq2 .
891For example, the command
892.Pp
893.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
894nmap $1.$2.$3 [$1,$2].[$2,file]
895.Ed
896.Pp
897would yield
898the output filename "myfile.data" for input filenames "myfile.data" and
899"myfile.data.old", "myfile.file" for the input filename "myfile", and
900"myfile.myfile" for the input filename ".myfile".
901Spaces may be included in
902.Ar outpattern  ,
903as in the example:
904.Dl nmap $1 sed "s/  *$//" \*[Gt] $1
905Use the
906.Sq \e
907character to prevent special treatment
908of the
909.Sq $ ,
910.Sq \&[ ,
911.Sq \&] ,
912and
913.Sq \&,
914characters.
915.It Ic ntrans Op Ar inchars Op Ar outchars
916Set or unset the filename character translation mechanism.
917If no arguments are specified, the filename character
918translation mechanism is unset.
919If arguments are specified, characters in
920remote filenames are translated during
921.Ic mput
922commands and
923.Ic put
924commands issued without a specified remote target filename.
925If arguments are specified, characters in
926local filenames are translated during
927.Ic mget
928commands and
929.Ic get
930commands issued without a specified local target filename.
931This command is useful when connecting to a
932.No non\- Ns Ux
933remote computer
934with different file naming conventions or practices.
935Characters in a filename matching a character in
936.Ar inchars
937are replaced with the corresponding character in
938.Ar outchars .
939If the character's position in
940.Ar inchars
941is longer than the length of
942.Ar outchars  ,
943the character is deleted from the file name.
944.It Ic open Ar host Op Ar port
945Establish a connection to the specified
946.Ar host
947.Tn FTP
948server.
949An optional port number may be supplied,
950in which case,
951.Nm
952will attempt to contact an
953.Tn FTP
954server at that port.
955If the
956.Ic "set auto-login"
957option is on (default),
958.Nm
959will also attempt to automatically log the user in to
960the
961.Tn FTP
962server (see below).
963.It Ic page Ar file
964Retrieve
965.Ic file
966and display with the program specified by the
967.Ic "set pager"
968option.
969.It Ic passive Op Cm auto
970Toggle passive mode (if no arguments are given).
971If
972.Cm auto
973is given, act as if
974.Ev FTPMODE
975is set to
976.Sq auto .
977If passive mode is turned on (default),
978.Nm
979will send a
980.Dv PASV
981command for all data connections instead of a
982.Dv PORT
983command.
984The
985.Dv PASV
986command requests that the remote server open a port for the data connection
987and return the address of that port.
988The remote server listens on that port and the client connects to it.
989When using the more traditional
990.Dv PORT
991command, the client listens on a port and sends that address to the remote
992server, who connects back to it.
993Passive mode is useful when using
994.Nm
995through a gateway router or host that controls the directionality of
996traffic.
997(Note that though
998.Tn FTP
999servers are required to support the
1000.Dv PASV
1001command by
1002.Li RFC1123 ,
1003some do not.)
1004.It Ic pdir Op Ar remote-path
1005Perform
1006.Ic dir
1007.Op Ar remote-path ,
1008and display the result with the program specified by the
1009.Ic "set pager"
1010option.
1011.It Ic pls Op Ar remote-path
1012Perform
1013.Ic ls
1014.Op Ar remote-path ,
1015and display the result with the program specified by the
1016.Ic "set pager"
1017option.
1018.It Ic pmlsd Op Ar remote-path
1019Perform
1020.Ic mlsd
1021.Op Ar remote-path ,
1022and display the result with the program specified by the
1023.Ic "set pager"
1024option.
1025.It Ic preserve
1026Toggle preservation of modification times on retrieved files.
1027.It Ic progress
1028Toggle display of transfer progress bar.
1029The progress bar will be disabled for a transfer that has
1030.Ar local-file
1031as
1032.Sq Fl
1033or a command that starts with
1034.Sq \&| .
1035Refer to
1036.Sx FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS
1037for more information.
1038Enabling
1039.Ic progress
1040disables
1041.Ic hash .
1042.It Ic prompt
1043Toggle interactive prompting.
1044Interactive prompting
1045occurs during multiple file transfers to allow the
1046user to selectively retrieve or store files.
1047If prompting is turned off (default is on), any
1048.Ic mget
1049or
1050.Ic mput
1051will transfer all files, and any
1052.Ic mdelete
1053will delete all files.
1054.Pp
1055When prompting is on, the following commands are available at a prompt:
1056.Bl -tag -width 2n -offset indent
1057.It Cm a
1058Answer
1059.Sq yes
1060to the current file, and automatically answer
1061.Sq yes
1062to any remaining files for the current command.
1063.It Cm n
1064Answer
1065.Sq no ,
1066and do not transfer the file.
1067.It Cm p
1068Answer
1069.Sq yes
1070to the current file, and turn off prompt mode
1071(as is
1072.Dq prompt off
1073had been given).
1074.It Cm q
1075Terminate the current operation.
1076.It Cm y
1077Answer
1078.Sq yes ,
1079and transfer the file.
1080.It Cm \&?
1081Display a help message.
1082.El
1083.Pp
1084Any other response will answer
1085.Sq yes
1086to the current file.
1087.It Ic proxy Ar ftp-command
1088Execute an ftp command on a secondary control connection.
1089This command allows simultaneous connection to two remote
1090.Tn FTP
1091servers for transferring files between the two servers.
1092The first
1093.Ic proxy
1094command should be an
1095.Ic open  ,
1096to establish the secondary control connection.
1097Enter the command "proxy ?" to see other
1098.Tn FTP
1099commands executable on the secondary connection.
1100The following commands behave differently when prefaced by
1101.Ic proxy  :
1102.Ic open
1103will not define new macros during the auto-login process,
1104.Ic close
1105will not erase existing macro definitions,
1106.Ic get
1107and
1108.Ic mget
1109transfer files from the host on the primary control connection
1110to the host on the secondary control connection, and
1111.Ic put  ,
1112.Ic mput ,
1113and
1114.Ic append
1115transfer files from the host on the secondary control connection
1116to the host on the primary control connection.
1117Third party file transfers depend upon support of the
1118.Tn FTP
1119protocol
1120.Dv PASV
1121command by the server on the secondary control connection.
1122.It Ic put Ar local-file Op Ar remote-file
1123Store a local file on the remote machine.
1124If
1125.Ar remote-file
1126is left unspecified, the local file name is used
1127after processing according to any
1128.Ic ntrans
1129or
1130.Ic nmap
1131settings
1132in naming the remote file.
1133File transfer uses the
1134current settings for
1135.Ic type  ,
1136.Ic format ,
1137.Ic mode  ,
1138and
1139.Ic structure .
1140.It Ic pwd
1141Print the name of the current working directory on the remote
1142machine.
1143.It Ic quit
1144A synonym for
1145.Ic bye .
1146.It Ic quote Ar arg1 arg2 ...
1147The arguments specified are sent, verbatim, to the remote
1148.Tn FTP
1149server.
1150.It Ic rate Ar direction Oo Ar maximum Oo Ar increment Oc Oc
1151Throttle the maximum transfer rate to
1152.Ar maximum
1153bytes/second.
1154If
1155.Ar maximum
1156is 0, disable the throttle.
1157.Pp
1158.Ar direction
1159may be one of:
1160.Bl -tag -width "all" -offset indent -compact
1161.It Cm all
1162Both directions.
1163.It Cm get
1164Incoming transfers.
1165.It Cm put
1166Outgoing transfers.
1167.El
1168.Pp
1169.Ar maximum
1170can be modified on the fly by
1171.Ar increment
1172bytes (default: 1024) each time a given signal is received:
1173.Bl -tag -width "SIGUSR1" -offset indent
1174.It Dv SIGUSR1
1175Increment
1176.Ar maximum
1177by
1178.Ar increment
1179bytes.
1180.It Dv SIGUSR2
1181Decrement
1182.Ar maximum
1183by
1184.Ar increment
1185bytes.
1186The result must be a positive number.
1187.El
1188.Pp
1189If
1190.Ar maximum
1191is not supplied, the current throttle rates are displayed.
1192.Pp
1193Note:
1194.Ic rate
1195is not yet implemented for ascii mode transfers.
1196.It Ic rcvbuf Ar size
1197Set the size of the socket receive buffer to
1198.Ar size .
1199.It Ic recv Ar remote-file Op Ar local-file
1200A synonym for
1201.Ic get .
1202.It Ic reget Ar remote-file Op Ar local-file
1203.Ic reget
1204acts like
1205.Ic get ,
1206except that if
1207.Ar local-file
1208exists and is
1209smaller than
1210.Ar remote-file  ,
1211.Ar local-file
1212is presumed to be
1213a partially transferred copy of
1214.Ar remote-file
1215and the transfer
1216is continued from the apparent point of failure.
1217This command
1218is useful when transferring very large files over networks that
1219are prone to dropping connections.
1220.It Ic remopts Ar command Op Ar command-options
1221Set options on the remote
1222.Tn FTP
1223server for
1224.Ar command
1225to
1226.Ar command-options
1227(whose absence is handled on a command-specific basis).
1228Remote
1229.Tn FTP
1230commands known to support options include:
1231.Sq MLST
1232(used for
1233.Dv MLSD
1234and
1235.Dv MLST ) .
1236.It Ic rename Op Ar from Op Ar to
1237Rename the file
1238.Ar from
1239on the remote machine, to the file
1240.Ar to .
1241.It Ic reset
1242Clear reply queue.
1243This command re-synchronizes command/reply sequencing with the remote
1244.Tn FTP
1245server.
1246Resynchronization may be necessary following a violation of the
1247.Tn FTP
1248protocol by the remote server.
1249.It Ic restart Ar marker
1250Restart the immediately following
1251.Ic get
1252or
1253.Ic put
1254at the
1255indicated
1256.Ar marker .
1257On
1258.Ux
1259systems, marker is usually a byte
1260offset into the file.
1261.It Ic rhelp Op Ar command-name
1262Request help from the remote
1263.Tn FTP
1264server.
1265If a
1266.Ar command-name
1267is specified it is supplied to the server as well.
1268.It Ic rmdir Ar directory-name
1269Delete a directory on the remote machine.
1270.It Ic rstatus Op Ar remote-file
1271With no arguments, show status of remote machine.
1272If
1273.Ar remote-file
1274is specified, show status of
1275.Ar remote-file
1276on remote machine.
1277.It Ic runique
1278Toggle storing of files on the local system with unique filenames.
1279If a file already exists with a name equal to the target
1280local filename for a
1281.Ic get
1282or
1283.Ic mget
1284command, a ".1" is appended to the name.
1285If the resulting name matches another existing file,
1286a ".2" is appended to the original name.
1287If this process continues up to ".99", an error
1288message is printed, and the transfer does not take place.
1289The generated unique filename will be reported.
1290Note that
1291.Ic runique
1292will not affect local files generated from a shell command
1293(see below).
1294The default value is off.
1295.It Ic send Ar local-file Op Ar remote-file
1296A synonym for
1297.Ic put .
1298.It Ic sendport
1299Toggle the use of
1300.Dv PORT
1301commands.
1302By default,
1303.Nm
1304will attempt to use a
1305.Dv PORT
1306command when establishing
1307a connection for each data transfer.
1308The use of
1309.Dv PORT
1310commands can prevent delays
1311when performing multiple file transfers.
1312If the
1313.Dv PORT
1314command fails,
1315.Nm
1316will use the default data port.
1317When the use of
1318.Dv PORT
1319commands is disabled, no attempt will be made to use
1320.Dv PORT
1321commands for each data transfer.
1322This is useful
1323for certain
1324.Tn FTP
1325implementations which do ignore
1326.Dv PORT
1327commands but, incorrectly, indicate they've been accepted.
1328.It Ic set Op Ar option Ar value
1329Set
1330.Ar option
1331to
1332.Ar value .
1333If
1334.Ar option
1335and
1336.Ar value
1337are not given, display all of the options and their values.
1338The currently supported options are:
1339.Bl -tag -width "http_proxy" -offset indent
1340.It Cm anonpass
1341Defaults to
1342.Ev $FTPANONPASS
1343.It Cm ftp_proxy
1344Defaults to
1345.Ev $ftp_proxy .
1346.It Cm http_proxy
1347Defaults to
1348.Ev $http_proxy .
1349.It Cm no_proxy
1350Defaults to
1351.Ev $no_proxy .
1352.It Cm pager
1353Defaults to
1354.Ev $PAGER .
1355.It Cm prompt
1356Defaults to
1357.Ev $FTPPROMPT .
1358.It Cm rprompt
1359Defaults to
1360.Ev $FTPRPROMPT .
1361.El
1362.It Ic site Ar arg1 arg2 ...
1363The arguments specified are sent, verbatim, to the remote
1364.Tn FTP
1365server as a
1366.Dv SITE
1367command.
1368.It Ic size Ar remote-file
1369Return size of
1370.Ar remote-file
1371on remote machine.
1372.It Ic sndbuf Ar size
1373Set the size of the socket send buffer to
1374.Ar size .
1375.It Ic status
1376Show the current status of
1377.Nm ftp .
1378.It Ic struct Ar struct-name
1379Set the file transfer
1380.Ar structure
1381to
1382.Ar struct-name .
1383The default (and only supported)
1384structure is
1385.Dq file .
1386.It Ic sunique
1387Toggle storing of files on remote machine under unique file names.
1388The remote
1389.Tn FTP
1390server must support
1391.Tn FTP
1392protocol
1393.Dv STOU
1394command for
1395successful completion.
1396The remote server will report unique name.
1397Default value is off.
1398.It Ic system
1399Show the type of operating system running on the remote machine.
1400.It Ic tenex
1401Set the file transfer type to that needed to
1402talk to
1403.Tn TENEX
1404machines.
1405.It Ic throttle
1406A synonym for
1407.Ic rate .
1408.It Ic trace
1409Toggle packet tracing.
1410.It Ic type Op Ar type-name
1411Set the file transfer
1412.Ic type
1413to
1414.Ar type-name .
1415If no type is specified, the current type
1416is printed.
1417The default type is network
1418.Tn ASCII .
1419.It Ic umask Op Ar newmask
1420Set the default umask on the remote server to
1421.Ar newmask .
1422If
1423.Ar newmask
1424is omitted, the current umask is printed.
1425.It Ic unset Ar option
1426Unset
1427.Ar option .
1428Refer to
1429.Ic set
1430for more information.
1431.It Ic usage Ar command
1432Print the usage message for
1433.Ar command .
1434.It Ic user Ar user-name Oo Ar password Oo Ar account Oc Oc
1435Identify yourself to the remote
1436.Tn FTP
1437server.
1438If the
1439.Ar password
1440is not specified and the server requires it,
1441.Nm
1442will prompt the user for it (after disabling local echo).
1443If an
1444.Ar account
1445field is not specified, and the
1446.Tn FTP
1447server
1448requires it, the user will be prompted for it.
1449If an
1450.Ar account
1451field is specified, an account command will
1452be relayed to the remote server after the login sequence
1453is completed if the remote server did not require it
1454for logging in.
1455Unless
1456.Nm
1457is invoked with
1458.Dq auto-login
1459disabled, this process is done automatically on initial connection to the
1460.Tn FTP
1461server.
1462.It Ic verbose
1463Toggle verbose mode.
1464In verbose mode, all responses from
1465the
1466.Tn FTP
1467server are displayed to the user.
1468In addition,
1469if verbose is on, when a file transfer completes, statistics
1470regarding the efficiency of the transfer are reported.
1471By default,
1472verbose is on.
1473.It Ic xferbuf Ar size
1474Set the size of the socket send and receive buffers to
1475.Ar size .
1476.It Ic \&? Op Ar command
1477A synonym for
1478.Ic help .
1479.El
1480.Pp
1481Command arguments which have embedded spaces may be quoted with
1482quote
1483.Sq \&"
1484marks.
1485.Pp
1486Commands which toggle settings can take an explicit
1487.Ic on
1488or
1489.Ic off
1490argument to force the setting appropriately.
1491.Pp
1492Commands which take a byte count as an argument
1493(e.g.,
1494.Ic hash ,
1495.Ic rate ,
1496and
1497.Ic xferbuf )
1498support an optional suffix on the argument which changes the
1499interpretation of the argument.
1500Supported suffixes are:
1501.Bl -tag -width 3n -offset indent -compact
1502.It Li b
1503Causes no modification.
1504(Optional)
1505.It Li k
1506Kilo; multiply the argument by 1024
1507.It Li m
1508Mega; multiply the argument by 1048576
1509.It Li g
1510Giga; multiply the argument by 1073741824
1511.El
1512.Pp
1513If
1514.Nm
1515receives a
1516.Dv SIGINFO
1517(see the
1518.Dq status
1519argument of
1520.Xr stty 1 )
1521or
1522.Dv SIGQUIT
1523signal whilst a transfer is in progress, the current transfer rate
1524statistics will be written to the standard error output, in the
1525same format as the standard completion message.
1526.Sh AUTO-FETCHING FILES
1527In addition to standard commands, this version of
1528.Nm
1529supports an auto-fetch feature.
1530To enable auto-fetch, simply pass the list of hostnames/files
1531on the command line.
1532.Pp
1533The following formats are valid syntax for an auto-fetch element:
1534.Bl -tag -width "FOO "
1535.\" [user@]host:[path][/]
1536.It Oo Ar user Ns Li \&@ Oc Ns Ar host Ns Li \&: Ns Oo Ar path Oc \
1537Ns Oo Li / Oc
1538.Dq Classic
1539.Tn FTP
1540format.
1541.Pp
1542If
1543.Ar path
1544contains a glob character and globbing is enabled,
1545(see
1546.Ic glob ) ,
1547then the equivalent of
1548.Ql mget path
1549is performed.
1550.Pp
1551If the directory component of
1552.Ar path
1553contains no globbing characters,
1554it is stored locally with the name basename (see
1555.Xr basename 1 )
1556of
1557.Ic path ,
1558in the current directory.
1559Otherwise, the full remote name is used as the local name,
1560relative to the local root directory.
1561.\" ftp://[user[:password]@]host[:port]/path[/][;type=X]
1562.It Li ftp:// Ns Oo Ar user Ns Oo Ns Li \&: Ns Ar password Oc Ns Li \&@ Oc \
1563Ns Ar host Ns Oo Li \&: Ns Ar port Oc Ns Li / Ns Ar path Ns Oo Li / Oc \
1564Ns Oo Li ;type= Ns Ar X Oc
1565An
1566.Tn FTP
1567URL, retrieved using the
1568.Tn FTP
1569protocol if
1570.Ic "set ftp_proxy"
1571isn't defined.
1572Otherwise, transfer the URL using
1573.Tn HTTP
1574via the proxy defined in
1575.Ic "set ftp_proxy" .
1576If
1577.Ic "set ftp_proxy"
1578isn't defined and
1579.Ar user
1580is given, login as
1581.Ar user .
1582In this case, use
1583.Ar password
1584if supplied, otherwise prompt the user for one.
1585.Pp
1586If a suffix of
1587.Sq ;type=A
1588or
1589.Sq ;type=I
1590is supplied, then the transfer type will take place as
1591ascii or binary (respectively).
1592The default transfer type is binary.
1593.Pp
1594In order to be compliant with
1595.Li RFC3986 ,
1596.Nm
1597interprets the
1598.Ar path
1599part of an
1600.Dq ftp://
1601auto-fetch URL as follows:
1602.Bl -bullet
1603.It
1604The
1605.Sq Li /
1606immediately after the
1607.Ar host Ns Oo Li \&: Ns Ar port Oc
1608is interpreted as a separator before the
1609.Ar path ,
1610and not as part of the
1611.Ar path
1612itself.
1613.It
1614The
1615.Ar path
1616is interpreted as a
1617.So Li / Sc Ns -separated
1618list of name components.
1619For all but the last such component,
1620.Nm
1621performs the equivalent of a
1622.Ic cd
1623command.
1624For the last path component,
1625.Nm
1626performs the equivalent of a
1627.Ic get
1628command.
1629.It
1630Empty name components,
1631which result from
1632.Sq Li //
1633within the
1634.Ar path ,
1635or from an extra
1636.Sq Li /
1637at the beginning of the
1638.Ar path ,
1639will cause the equivalent of a
1640.Ic cd
1641command without a directory name.
1642This is unlikely to be useful.
1643.It
1644Any
1645.Sq Li \&% Ns Ar XX
1646codes
1647(per
1648.Li RFC3986 )
1649within the path components are decoded, with
1650.Ar XX
1651representing a character code in hexadecimal.
1652This decoding takes place after the
1653.Ar path
1654has been split into components,
1655but before each component is used in the equivalent of a
1656.Ic cd
1657or
1658.Ic get
1659command.
1660Some often-used codes are
1661.Sq Li \&%2F
1662(which represents
1663.Sq Li / )
1664and
1665.Sq Li \&%7E
1666(which represents
1667.Sq Li ~ ) .
1668.El
1669.Pp
1670The above interpretation has the following consequences:
1671.Bl -bullet
1672.It
1673The path is interpreted relative to the
1674default login directory of the specified user or of the
1675.Sq anonymous
1676user.
1677If the
1678.Pa /
1679directory is required, use a leading path of
1680.Dq %2F .
1681If a user's home directory is required (and the remote server supports
1682the syntax), use a leading path of
1683.Dq %7Euser/ .
1684For example, to retrieve
1685.Pa /etc/motd
1686from
1687.Sq localhost
1688as the user
1689.Sq myname
1690with the password
1691.Sq mypass ,
1692use
1693.Dq ftp://myname:mypass@localhost/%2fetc/motd
1694.It
1695The exact
1696.Ic cd
1697and
1698.Ic get
1699commands can be controlled by careful choice of
1700where to use
1701.Sq /
1702and where to use
1703.Sq %2F
1704(or
1705.Sq %2f ) .
1706For example, the following URLs correspond to the
1707equivalents of the indicated commands:
1708.Bl -tag -width "ftp://host/%2Fdir1%2Fdir2%2Ffile"
1709.It ftp://host/dir1/dir2/file
1710.Dq "cd dir1" ,
1711.Dq "cd dir2" ,
1712.Dq "get file" .
1713.It ftp://host/%2Fdir1/dir2/file
1714.Dq "cd /dir1" ,
1715.Dq "cd dir2" ,
1716.Dq "get file" .
1717.It ftp://host/dir1%2Fdir2/file
1718.Dq "cd dir1/dir2" ,
1719.Dq "get file" .
1720.It ftp://host/%2Fdir1%2Fdir2/file
1721.Dq "cd /dir1/dir2" ,
1722.Dq "get file" .
1723.It ftp://host/dir1%2Fdir2%2Ffile
1724.Dq "get dir1/dir2/file" .
1725.It ftp://host/%2Fdir1%2Fdir2%2Ffile
1726.Dq "get /dir1/dir2/file" .
1727.El
1728.It
1729You must have appropriate access permission for each of the
1730intermediate directories that is used in the equivalent of a
1731.Ic cd
1732command.
1733.El
1734.\" http://[user[:password]@]host[:port]/path
1735.It Li http:// Ns Oo Ar user Ns Oo Li \&: Ns Ar password Oc Ns Li \&@ Oc \
1736Ns Ar host Ns Oo Li \&: Ns Ar port Oc Ns Li / Ns Ar path
1737An
1738.Tn HTTP
1739URL, retrieved using the
1740.Tn HTTP
1741protocol.
1742If
1743.Ic "set http_proxy"
1744is defined, it is used as a URL to an
1745.Tn HTTP
1746proxy server.
1747If
1748.Tn HTTP
1749authorization is required to retrieve
1750.Ar path ,
1751and
1752.Sq user
1753(and optionally
1754.Sq password )
1755is in the URL, use them for the first attempt to authenticate.
1756.\" file:///path
1757.It Li file:/// Ns Ar path
1758A local URL, copied from
1759.Pa / Ns Ar path
1760on the local host.
1761.\" about:
1762.It Li about: Ns Ar topic
1763Display information regarding
1764.Ar topic ;
1765no file is retrieved for this auto-fetched element.
1766Supported values include:
1767.Bl -tag -width "about:version"
1768.It Li about:ftp
1769Information about
1770.Nm ftp .
1771.It Li about:version
1772The version of
1773.Nm ftp .
1774Useful to provide when reporting problems.
1775.El
1776.El
1777.Pp
1778Unless noted otherwise above, and
1779.Fl o Ar output
1780is not given, the file is stored in the current directory as the
1781.Xr basename 1
1782of
1783.Ar path .
1784Note that if a
1785.Tn HTTP
1786redirect is received, the fetch is retried using the new target URL
1787supplied by the server, with a corresponding new
1788.Ar path .
1789Using an explicit
1790.Fl o Ar output
1791is recommended, to avoid writing to unexpected file names.
1792.Pp
1793If a classic format or an
1794.Tn FTP
1795URL format has a trailing
1796.Sq /
1797or an empty
1798.Ar path
1799component, then
1800.Nm
1801will connect to the site and
1802.Ic cd
1803to the directory given as the path, and leave the user in interactive
1804mode ready for further input.
1805This will not work if
1806.Ic "set ftp_proxy"
1807is being used.
1808.Pp
1809Direct
1810.Tn HTTP
1811transfers use HTTP 1.1.
1812Proxied
1813.Tn FTP
1814and
1815.Tn HTTP
1816transfers use HTTP 1.0.
1817.Pp
1818If
1819.Fl R
1820is given, all auto-fetches that don't go via the
1821.Tn FTP
1822or
1823.Tn HTTP
1824proxies will be restarted.
1825For
1826.Tn FTP ,
1827this is implemented by using
1828.Nm reget
1829instead of
1830.Nm get .
1831For
1832.Tn HTTP ,
1833this is implemented by using the
1834.Sq "Range: bytes="
1835.Tn "HTTP/1.1"
1836directive.
1837.Pp
1838If WWW or proxy WWW authentication is required, you will be prompted
1839to enter a username and password to authenticate with.
1840.Pp
1841When specifying IPv6 numeric addresses in a URL, you need to
1842surround the address in square brackets.
1843E.g.:
1844.Dq ftp://[::1]:21/ .
1845This is because colons are used in IPv6 numeric address as well as
1846being the separator for the port number.
1847.Sh ABORTING A FILE TRANSFER
1848To abort a file transfer, use the terminal interrupt key
1849(usually Ctrl-C).
1850Sending transfers will be immediately halted.
1851Receiving transfers will be halted by sending an
1852.Tn FTP
1853protocol
1854.Dv ABOR
1855command to the remote server, and discarding any further data received.
1856The speed at which this is accomplished depends upon the remote
1857server's support for
1858.Dv ABOR
1859processing.
1860If the remote server does not support the
1861.Dv ABOR
1862command, the prompt will not appear until the remote server has completed
1863sending the requested file.
1864.Pp
1865If the terminal interrupt key sequence is used whilst
1866.Nm
1867is awaiting a reply from the remote server for the ABOR processing,
1868then the connection will be closed.
1869This is different from the traditional behaviour (which ignores the
1870terminal interrupt during this phase), but is considered more useful.
1871.Sh FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS
1872Files specified as arguments to
1873.Nm
1874commands are processed according to the following rules.
1875.Bl -enum
1876.It
1877If the file name
1878.Sq Fl
1879is specified, the
1880.Ar stdin
1881(for reading) or
1882.Ar stdout
1883(for writing) is used.
1884.It
1885If the first character of the file name is
1886.Sq \&| ,
1887the
1888remainder of the argument is interpreted as a shell command.
1889.Nm
1890then forks a shell, using
1891.Xr popen 3
1892with the argument supplied, and reads (writes) from the stdout
1893(stdin).
1894If the shell command includes spaces, the argument
1895must be quoted; e.g.
1896.Dq Qq Li \&| ls\ \-lt .
1897A particularly
1898useful example of this mechanism is:
1899.Dq Li dir \&"\&" \&|more .
1900.It
1901Failing the above checks, if
1902.Dq globbing
1903is enabled, local file names are expanded according to the rules
1904used in the
1905.Xr csh  1  ;
1906see the
1907.Ic glob
1908command.
1909If the
1910.Nm
1911command expects a single local file (e.g.
1912.Ic put  ) ,
1913only the first filename generated by the "globbing" operation is used.
1914.It
1915For
1916.Ic mget
1917commands and
1918.Ic get
1919commands with unspecified local file names, the local filename is
1920the remote filename, which may be altered by a
1921.Ic case  ,
1922.Ic ntrans ,
1923or
1924.Ic nmap
1925setting.
1926The resulting filename may then be altered if
1927.Ic runique
1928is on.
1929.It
1930For
1931.Ic mput
1932commands and
1933.Ic put
1934commands with unspecified remote file names, the remote filename is
1935the local filename, which may be altered by a
1936.Ic ntrans
1937or
1938.Ic nmap
1939setting.
1940The resulting filename may then be altered by the remote server if
1941.Ic sunique
1942is on.
1943.El
1944.Sh FILE TRANSFER PARAMETERS
1945The
1946.Tn FTP
1947specification specifies many parameters which may affect a file transfer.
1948The
1949.Ic type
1950may be one of
1951.Dq ascii ,
1952.Dq image
1953(binary),
1954.Dq ebcdic ,
1955and
1956.Dq local byte size
1957(for
1958.Tn PDP Ns -10's
1959and
1960.Tn PDP Ns -20's
1961mostly).
1962.Nm
1963supports the ascii and image types of file transfer,
1964plus local byte size 8 for
1965.Ic tenex
1966mode transfers.
1967.Pp
1968.Nm
1969supports only the default values for the remaining
1970file transfer parameters:
1971.Ic mode ,
1972.Ic form ,
1973and
1974.Ic struct .
1975.Sh THE .netrc FILE
1976The
1977.Pa .netrc
1978file contains login and initialization information
1979used by the auto-login process.
1980It resides in the user's home directory,
1981unless overridden with the
1982.Fl N Ar netrc
1983option, or specified in the
1984.Ev NETRC
1985environment variable.
1986The following tokens are recognized; they may be separated by spaces,
1987tabs, or new-lines:
1988.Bl -tag -width password
1989.It Ic machine Ar name
1990Identify a remote machine
1991.Ar name .
1992The auto-login process searches the
1993.Pa .netrc
1994file for a
1995.Ic machine
1996token that matches the remote machine specified on the
1997.Nm
1998command line or as an
1999.Ic open
2000command argument.
2001Once a match is made, the subsequent
2002.Pa .netrc
2003tokens are processed,
2004stopping when the end of file is reached or another
2005.Ic machine
2006or a
2007.Ic default
2008token is encountered.
2009.It Ic default
2010This is the same as
2011.Ic machine
2012.Ar name
2013except that
2014.Ic default
2015matches any name.
2016There can be only one
2017.Ic default
2018token, and it must be after all
2019.Ic machine
2020tokens.
2021This is normally used as:
2022.Pp
2023.Dl default login anonymous password user@site
2024.Pp
2025thereby giving the user an automatic anonymous
2026.Tn FTP
2027login to
2028machines not specified in
2029.Pa .netrc .
2030This can be overridden
2031by using the
2032.Fl n
2033flag to disable auto-login.
2034.It Ic login Ar name
2035Identify a user on the remote machine.
2036If this token is present, the auto-login process will initiate
2037a login using the specified
2038.Ar name .
2039.It Ic password Ar string
2040Supply a password.
2041If this token is present, the auto-login process will supply the
2042specified string if the remote server requires a password as part
2043of the login process.
2044Note that if this token is present in the
2045.Pa .netrc
2046file for any user other
2047than
2048.Ar anonymous  ,
2049.Nm
2050will abort the auto-login process if the
2051.Pa .netrc
2052is readable by
2053anyone besides the user.
2054.It Ic account Ar string
2055Supply an additional account password.
2056If this token is present, the auto-login process will supply the
2057specified string if the remote server requires an additional
2058account password, or the auto-login process will initiate an
2059.Dv ACCT
2060command if it does not.
2061.It Ic macdef Ar name
2062Define a macro.
2063This token functions like the
2064.Nm
2065.Ic macdef
2066command functions.
2067A macro is defined with the specified name; its contents begin with the
2068next
2069.Pa .netrc
2070line and continue until a blank line (consecutive new-line
2071characters) is encountered.
2072Like the other tokens in the
2073.Pa .netrc
2074file, a
2075.Ic macdef
2076is applicable only to the
2077.Ic machine
2078definition preceding it.
2079A
2080.Ic macdef
2081entry cannot be used by multiple
2082.Ic machine
2083definitions; rather, it must be defined following each
2084.Ic machine
2085it is intended to be used with.
2086If a macro named
2087.Ic init
2088is defined, it is automatically executed as the last step in the
2089auto-login process.
2090For example,
2091.Bd -literal -offset indent
2092default
2093macdef init
2094epsv4 off
2095.Ed
2096.Pp
2097followed by a blank line.
2098.El
2099.Sh COMMAND LINE EDITING
2100.Nm
2101supports interactive command line editing, via the
2102.Xr editline 3
2103library.
2104It is enabled with the
2105.Ic edit
2106command, and is enabled by default if input is from a tty.
2107Previous lines can be recalled and edited with the arrow keys,
2108and other GNU Emacs-style editing keys may be used as well.
2109.Pp
2110The
2111.Xr editline 3
2112library is configured with a
2113.Pa .editrc
2114file - refer to
2115.Xr editrc 5
2116for more information.
2117.Pp
2118An extra key binding is available to
2119.Nm
2120to provide context sensitive command and filename completion
2121(including remote file completion).
2122To use this, bind a key to the
2123.Xr editline 3
2124command
2125.Ic ftp-complete .
2126By default, this is bound to the TAB key.
2127.Sh COMMAND LINE PROMPT
2128By default,
2129.Nm
2130displays a command line prompt of
2131.Dq "ftp\*[Gt] "
2132to the user.
2133This can be changed with the
2134.Ic "set prompt"
2135command.
2136.Pp
2137A prompt can be displayed on the right side of the screen (after the
2138command input) with the
2139.Ic "set rprompt"
2140command.
2141.Pp
2142The following formatting sequences are replaced by the given
2143information:
2144.Bl -tag -width "%% " -offset indent
2145.It Li \&%/
2146The current remote working directory.
2147.\" %c[[0]n], %.[[0]n]
2148.It \&%c Ns Oo Oo Li 0 Oc Ns Ar n Oc , Ns Li \&%. Ns Oo Oo Li 0 Oc Ns Ar n Oc
2149The trailing component of the current remote working directory, or
2150.Em n
2151trailing components if a digit
2152.Em n
2153is given.
2154If
2155.Em n
2156begins with
2157.Sq 0 ,
2158the number of skipped components precede the trailing component(s) in
2159the format
2160.\" ``/<number>trailing''
2161.Do
2162.Sm off
2163.Li / Li \*[Lt] Va number Li \*[Gt]
2164.Va trailing
2165.Sm on
2166.Dc
2167(for
2168.Sq \&%c )
2169or
2170.\" ``...trailing''
2171.Dq Li \&... Ns Va trailing
2172(for
2173.Sq \&%. ) .
2174.It Li \&%M
2175The remote host name.
2176.It Li \&%m
2177The remote host name, up to the first
2178.Sq \&. .
2179.It Li \&%n
2180The remote user name.
2181.It Li \&%%
2182A single
2183.Sq % .
2184.El
2185.Sh ENVIRONMENT
2186.Nm
2187uses the following environment variables.
2188.Bl -tag -width "FTPSERVERPORT"
2189.It Ev FTPANONPASS
2190Password to send in an anonymous
2191.Tn FTP
2192transfer.
2193Defaults to
2194.Dq Li `whoami`@ .
2195.It Ev FTPMODE
2196Overrides the default operation mode.
2197Support values are:
2198.Bl -tag -width "passive"
2199.It Cm active
2200active mode
2201.Tn FTP
2202only
2203.It Cm auto
2204automatic determination of passive or active (this is the default)
2205.It Cm gate
2206gate-ftp mode
2207.It Cm passive
2208passive mode
2209.Tn FTP
2210only
2211.El
2212.It Ev FTPPROMPT
2213Command-line prompt to use.
2214Defaults to
2215.Dq "ftp\*[Gt] " .
2216Refer to
2217.Sx COMMAND LINE PROMPT
2218for more information.
2219.It Ev FTPRPROMPT
2220Command-line right side prompt to use.
2221Defaults to
2222.Dq "" .
2223Refer to
2224.Sx COMMAND LINE PROMPT
2225for more information.
2226.It Ev FTPSERVER
2227Host to use as gate-ftp server when
2228.Ic gate
2229is enabled.
2230.It Ev FTPSERVERPORT
2231Port to use when connecting to gate-ftp server when
2232.Ic gate
2233is enabled.
2234Default is port returned by a
2235.Fn getservbyname
2236lookup of
2237.Dq ftpgate/tcp .
2238.It Ev FTPUSERAGENT
2239The value to send for the
2240.Tn HTTP
2241User-Agent
2242header.
2243.It Ev HOME
2244For default location of a
2245.Pa .netrc
2246file, if one exists.
2247.It Ev NETRC
2248An alternate location of the
2249.Pa .netrc
2250file.
2251.It Ev PAGER
2252Used by various commands to display files.
2253Defaults to
2254.Xr more 1
2255if empty or not set.
2256.It Ev SHELL
2257For default shell.
2258.It Ev ftp_proxy
2259URL of
2260.Tn FTP
2261proxy to use when making
2262.Tn FTP
2263URL requests
2264(if not defined, use the standard
2265.Tn FTP
2266protocol).
2267.Pp
2268See
2269.Ev http_proxy
2270for further notes about proxy use.
2271.It Ev http_proxy
2272URL of
2273.Tn HTTP
2274proxy to use when making
2275.Tn HTTP
2276URL requests.
2277If proxy authentication is required and there is a username and
2278password in this URL, they will automatically be used in the first
2279attempt to authenticate to the proxy.
2280.Pp
2281If
2282.Dq unsafe
2283URL characters are required in the username or password
2284(for example
2285.Sq @
2286or
2287.Sq / ) ,
2288encode them with
2289.Li RFC3986
2290.Sq Li \&% Ns Ar XX
2291encoding.
2292.Pp
2293Note that the use of a username and password in
2294.Ev ftp_proxy
2295and
2296.Ev http_proxy
2297may be incompatible with other programs that use it
2298(such as
2299.Xr lynx 1 ) .
2300.Pp
2301.Em NOTE :
2302this is not used for interactive sessions, only for command-line
2303fetches.
2304.It Ev no_proxy
2305A space or comma separated list of hosts (or domains) for which
2306proxying is not to be used.
2307Each entry may have an optional trailing ":port", which restricts
2308the matching to connections to that port.
2309.El
2310.Sh EXTENDED PASSIVE MODE AND FIREWALLS
2311Some firewall configurations do not allow
2312.Nm
2313to use extended passive mode.
2314If you find that even a simple
2315.Ic ls
2316appears to hang after printing a message such as this:
2317.Pp
2318.Dl 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||58551|)
2319.Pp
2320then you will need to disable extended passive mode with
2321.Ic epsv4 off .
2322See the above section
2323.Sx The .netrc File
2324for an example of how to make this automatic.
2325.Sh SEE ALSO
2326.Xr getservbyname 3 ,
2327.Xr editrc 5 ,
2328.Xr services 5 ,
2329.Xr ftpd 8
2330.Sh STANDARDS
2331.Nm
2332attempts to be compliant with:
2333.Bl -tag -offset indent -width 8n
2334.It Li RFC0959
2335.Em File Transfer Protocol
2336.It Li RFC1123
2337.Em Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
2338.It Li RFC1635
2339.Em How to Use Anonymous FTP
2340.It Li RFC2389
2341.Em Feature negotiation mechanism for the File Transfer Protocol
2342.It Li RFC2428
2343.Em FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs
2344.It Li RFC2616
2345.Em Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
2346.It Li RFC2822
2347.Em Internet Message Format
2348.It Li RFC3659
2349.Em Extensions to FTP
2350.It Li RFC3986
2351.Em Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
2352.El
2353.Sh HISTORY
2354The
2355.Nm
2356command appeared in
2357.Bx 4.2 .
2358.Pp
2359Various features such as command line editing, context sensitive
2360command and file completion, dynamic progress bar, automatic
2361fetching of files and URLs, modification time preservation,
2362transfer rate throttling, configurable command line prompt,
2363and other enhancements over the standard
2364.Bx
2365.Nm
2366were implemented in
2367.Nx 1.3
2368and later releases
2369by
2370.An Luke Mewburn
2371.Aq lukem@NetBSD.org .
2372.Pp
2373IPv6 support was added by the WIDE/KAME project
2374(but may not be present in all non-NetBSD versions of this program, depending
2375if the operating system supports IPv6 in a similar manner to KAME).
2376.Sh BUGS
2377Correct execution of many commands depends upon proper behavior
2378by the remote server.
2379.Pp
2380An error in the treatment of carriage returns
2381in the
2382.Bx 4.2
2383ascii-mode transfer code
2384has been corrected.
2385This correction may result in incorrect transfers of binary files
2386to and from
2387.Bx 4.2
2388servers using the ascii type.
2389Avoid this problem by using the binary image type.
2390.Pp
2391.Nm
2392assumes that all IPv4 mapped addresses
2393.Po
2394IPv6 addresses with a form like
2395.Li ::ffff:10.1.1.1
2396.Pc
2397indicate IPv4 destinations which can be handled by
2398.Dv AF_INET
2399sockets.
2400However, in certain IPv6 network configurations, this assumption is not true.
2401In such an environment, IPv4 mapped addresses must be passed to
2402.Dv AF_INET6
2403sockets directly.
2404For example, if your site uses a SIIT translator for IPv6-to-IPv4 translation,
2405.Nm
2406is unable to support your configuration.
2407