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2007-3-12 Brian Masney <masneyb@gftp.org> * docs/gftp.1 - updated man page
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1 .TH GFTP 1 "FEBRUARY 2001" 1 .TH GFTP 1 "MARCH 2007"
2 .SH NAME 2 .SH NAME
3 gftp - a graphical ftp client 3 gftp - file transfer client for *NIX based machines.
4 .SH SYNOPSIS 4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B gftp [options] [[proto://][ 5 .B gftp [options] [[proto://][
6 .I user 6 .I user
7 .B : 7 .B :
8 .I [pass] 8 .I [pass]
9 .B @] 9 .B @]
10 .I site 10 .I server
11 .B [: 11 .B [:
12 .I port 12 .I port
13 .B ][/ 13 .B ][/
14 .I directory 14 .I directory
15 .B ]] 15 .B ]]
16 .SH DESCRIPTION 16 .SH DESCRIPTION
17 gFTP is a multiprotocol file transfer program for X Windows and the console. It features support for the FTP, SSH, HTTP, and local file system protocols, simultaneous downloads, resuming of interrupted file transfers, file transfer queues, downloading of entire directories, ftp and http proxy support, remote directory caching, bookmarks menu, stop button and many more features 17 gFTP is a file transfer client for *NIX based machines. It currently has a text interface and a GTK+ 1.2/2.x graphical interface. It currently supports the FTP, FTPS (control connection only), HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and FSP protocols.
18 .SH OPTIONS 18 .SH OPTIONS
19 You may enter a url on the command line that gFTP will automatically connect 19 You may enter a url on the command line that gFTP will automatically connect to when it starts up.
20 to when it starts up.
21 .IP "\-\-help, \-h" 20 .IP "\-\-help, \-h"
22 Display program usage, and quit 21 Display program usage.
22 .IP "\-\-info"
23 Display some information about how gFTP was built. Please send the output of this command when submitting a bug report.
23 .IP "\-\-version, \-v" 24 .IP "\-\-version, \-v"
24 This will display the current version of gFTP, and exit 25 Display the current version of gFTP.
25 .IP "\-\-download, \-d" 26 .IP proto
26 This tells gFTP to download the files and directories specified in the url passed on the command line. 27 This specifies the protocol that should be used. It can currently be one of the following options: ftp, ftps, http, https, ssh, fsp, local and bookmark. If omitted, the protocol specified by the default_protocol option will be used.
27 .IP user 28 .IP user
28 This is the username that you will login as to the remote site. If no username 29 The username that will be used to log into the remote server. If omitted, your current username will be used for most protocols. For the FTP protocol, the anonymous username will be used.
29 is supplied, the default is to login as anonymous.
30 .IP pass 30 .IP pass
31 This is the password you will use to login to the remotesite. If you do not 31 The password that will be used to log into the remote server. If omitted, you will be prompted for the password. If you are using the FTP protocol, and the username is anonymous, then your email address will be used as the password.
32 enter a password, then gFTP will ask you for one when it starts up. I do not 32 .IP server
33 recommend entering your password on the command prompt. Anyone that has 33 The remote server to connect to.
34 access to your machine will be able to see your username and password with
35 the
36 .BR ps(1)
37 command. If you are logging in as anonymous, you do not need to pass a password since gFTP will automatically send your email address as your password.
38 .IP site
39 This is the remote site you want to connect to
40 .IP port 34 .IP port
41 This is the port that the remote server is listening on. If you do not 35 The remote port on the server to connect to. If omitted, the default port for the protocol will be used. The port will be looked up in the
42 enter a port, it will default to using the ftp port listed in the
43 .BR services(5) 36 .BR services(5)
44 file. If the entry doesn't exist there, it will default to port 37 file.
45 21.
46 .IP directory 38 .IP directory
47 This is the default directory to change to once you are connected to the 39 The directory to change to once you are connected to the remote server.
48 remote server.
49 .SH FILES 40 .SH FILES
50 .I ~/.gftp/gftprc 41 .I ~/.gftp/gftprc
51 .RS 42 .RS
52 Per user configuration file. This file is commented very well, so that is 43 Per user configuration file. Most of these options can be edited inside gFTP. This file is also commented very well.
53 why there isn't a manpage for it. Most of the options in here can be set 44 .I ~/.gftp/bookmarks
54 inside gFTP itself. 45 .RS
46 Per user bookmarks file.
55 .SH BUGS 47 .SH BUGS
56 If you find any bugs in gFTP, please report them directly to the author. 48 If you find any bugs in gFTP, please report them to GNOME's Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
57 .SH AUTHOR 49 .SH AUTHOR
58 Brian Masney <masneyb@gftp.org> - http://www.gftp.org/ 50 Brian Masney <masneyb@gftp.org> - http://www.gftp.org/