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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: May 12 2019 $ .Dt FTP 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ftp .Nd Internet file transfer program .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl 46AVv .Op Fl D Ar title .Op Ar host Op Ar port .Nm .Op Fl 46ACMV .Op Fl D Ar title .Op Fl o Ar output .Op Fl S Ar tls_options .Op Fl U Ar useragent .Op Fl w Ar seconds .Ar url ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is the user interface to the Internet standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The program allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site. .Pp The latter usage format will fetch a file using either the FTP, HTTP or HTTPS protocols into the current directory. This is ideal for scripts. Refer to .Sx AUTO-FETCHING FILES below for more information. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl 4 Forces .Nm to use IPv4 addresses only. .It Fl 6 Forces .Nm to use IPv6 addreses only. .It Fl A Force active mode FTP. By default, .Nm will try to use passive mode FTP and fall back to active mode if passive is not supported by the server. This option causes .Nm to always use an active connection. It is only useful for connecting to very old servers that do not implement passive mode properly. .It Fl C Continue a previously interrupted file transfer. .Nm will continue transferring from an offset equal to the length of file. .Pp Resuming HTTP(S) transfers are only supported if the remote server supports the .Dq Range header. .It Fl D Ar title Specify a short title for the start of the progress bar. .It Fl M Causes .Nm to never display the progress meter in cases where it would do so by default. .It Fl o Ar output When fetching a file or URL, save the contents in .Ar output . To make the contents go to stdout, use `-' for .Ar output . .It Fl S Ar tls_options TLS options to use with HTTPS transfers. The following settings are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm cafile Ns = Ns Ar /path/to/cert.pem PEM encoded file containing CA certificates used for certificate validation. .It Cm capath Ns = Ns Ar /path/to/certs/ Directory containing PEM encoded CA certificates used for certificate validation. .It Cm ciphers Ns = Ns Ar cipher_list Specify the list of ciphers that will be used by .Nm . See the .Xr openssl 1 .Cm ciphers subcommand. .It Cm depth Ns = Ns Ar max_depth Maximum depth of the certificate chain allowed when performing validation. .It Cm dont Don't perform server certificate validation. .It Cm protocols Ns = Ns Ar string Specify the TLS protocols to use. If not specified the value .Qq all is used. Refer to the .Xr tls_config_parse_protocols 3 function for other valid protocol string values. .It Cm muststaple Require the server to present a valid OCSP stapling in the TLS handshake. .It Cm noverifytime Disable validation of certificate times and OCSP validation. .It Cm session Ns = Ns Ar /path/to/session Specify a file to use for TLS session data. If this file has a non-zero length, the session data will be read from this file and the client will attempt to resume the TLS session with the server. Upon completion of a successful TLS handshake this file will be updated with new session data, if available. This file will be created if it does not already exist. .El .Pp By default, server certificate validation is performed, and if it fails .Nm will abort. If no .Cm cafile or .Cm capath setting is provided, .Pa /etc/ssl/cert.pem will be used. .It Fl U Ar useragent Set .Ar useragent as the User-Agent for HTTP(S) URL requests. If not specified, the default User-Agent is .Dq OpenBSD ftp . .It Fl V Disable verbose mode. .It Fl w Ar seconds Abort a slow connection after .Ar seconds . .El .Pp The host with which .Nm is to communicate may be specified on the command line. If this is done, .Nm will immediately attempt to establish a connection to an FTP server on that host; otherwise, .Nm will enter its command interpreter and await instructions from the user. When .Nm is awaiting commands, the prompt .Dq ftp\*(Gt is provided to the user. The following commands are recognized by .Nm : .Bl -tag -width Fl .It Ic open Ar host Op Ar port Establish a connection to the specified .Ar host FTP server. An optional port number may be supplied, in which case .Nm will attempt to contact an FTP server at that port. .It Ic close Terminate the FTP session with the remote server and return to the command interpreter. .It Ic help Op Ar command Print an informative message about the meaning of .Ar command . If no argument is given, .Nm prints a list of the known commands. .It Ic \&? Op Ar command A synonym for .Ic help . .It Ic quit Terminate the FTP session with the remote server and exit .Nm . .It Ic exit A synonym for .Ic quit . .It Ic ls Op Ar remote-directory Op Ar local-file Print a listing of the contents of a directory on the remote machine. The listing includes any system-dependent information that the server chooses to include; for example, most .Ux systems will produce output from the command .Ql ls -l . If .Ar remote-directory is left unspecified, the current working directory is used. If no local file is specified, or if .Ar local-file is .Sq - , the output is sent to the terminal. .It Ic nlist Op Ar remote-directory Op Ar local-file Print a list of the files in a directory on the remote machine. If .Ar remote-directory is left unspecified, the current working directory is used. If no local file is specified, or if .Ar local-file is .Sq - , the output is sent to the terminal. Note that on some servers, the .Ic nlist command will only return information on normal files (not directories or special files). .It Ic pwd Print the name of the current working directory on the remote machine. .It Ic cd Ar remote-directory Change the working directory on the remote machine to .Ar remote-directory . .It Ic get Ar remote-file Op Ar local-file Retrieve the .Ar remote-file and store it on the local machine. If the local file name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the remote machine. .It Ic passive Op Ic on | off Toggle passive mode. If passive mode is turned on (default is on), .Nm will send a .Dv EPSV command for all data connections instead of the usual .Dv EPRT command. The .Dv EPSV command requests that the remote server open a port for the data connection and return the address of that port. The remote server listens on that port and the client connects to it. When using the more traditional .Dv EPRT command, the client listens on a port and sends that address to the remote server, who connects back to it. Passive mode is useful when using .Nm through a gateway router or host that controls the directionality of traffic. .It Ic lcd Op Ar local-directory Change the working directory on the local machine. If no .Ar local-directory is specified, the user's home directory is used. .It Ic lpwd Print the working directory on the local machine. .It Ic put Ar local-file Op Ar remote-file Store a local file on the remote machine. If .Ar remote-file is left unspecified, the local file name is used. .It Ic mget Ar remote-files Do a .Ic get for each file name specified. .It Ic mput Ar local-files Do a .Ic put for each file name specified. .El .Sh AUTO-FETCHING FILES In addition to standard commands, this version of .Nm supports an auto-fetch feature. To enable auto-fetch, simply pass the list of hostnames/files on the command line. .Pp The following formats are valid syntax for an auto-fetch element: .Bl -tag -width Ds .Sm off .It Xo ftp:// .Ar host Op : Ar port .No / Ar file .Xc .Sm on An FTP URL, retrieved using the FTP protocol if .Ev ftp_proxy isn't defined. Otherwise, transfer using HTTP via the proxy defined in .Ev ftp_proxy . .Sm off .It Xo http:// .Ar host Op : Ar port .No / Ar file .Xc .Sm on An HTTP URL, retrieved using the HTTP protocol. If .Ev http_proxy is defined, it is used as a URL to an HTTP proxy server. .Sm off .It Xo https:// .Ar host Op : Ar port .No / Ar file .Xc .Sm on An HTTPS URL, retrieved using the HTTPS protocol. If .Ev http_proxy is defined, this HTTPS proxy server will be used to fetch the file using the CONNECT method. .It Pf file: Ar file .Ar file is retrieved from a mounted file system. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Nm utilizes the following environment variables: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ev ftp_proxy URL of FTP proxy to use when making FTP URL requests (if not defined, use the standard FTP protocol). .It Ev http_proxy URL of HTTP proxy to use when making HTTP(S) URL requests. .El .Sh PORT ALLOCATION For active mode data connections, .Nm will listen to a random high TCP port. The interval of ports used are configurable using .Xr sysctl 8 variables .Va net.inet.ip.porthifirst and .Va net.inet.ip.porthilast . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command first appeard in .Bx 4.2 . A complete rewrite of the .Nm command first appeared in .Ox 6.6 . .Sh AUTHORS .An Sunil Nimmagadda Aq Mt sunil@openbsd.org .Sh CAVEATS While aborting a data transfer, certain FTP servers violate the protocol by not responding with a 426 reply first, thereby making .Nm wait indefinitely for a correct reply.