03-02-2019
one of the most progressive inventions by our genius Ken Thompson was, that *NIX regards files as simple byte streams, whereas fixed sized records are a anachronistic relic of mainframes. *NIX "records" always are delimited by a special character.
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GFTP(1) General Commands Manual GFTP(1)
NAME
gftp - file transfer client for *NIX based machines.
SYNOPSIS
gftp [options] [[proto://][ user : [pass] @] server [: port ][/ directory ]]
DESCRIPTION
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 cur-
rently supports the FTP, FTPS (control connection only), HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and FSP protocols.
OPTIONS
You may enter a url on the command line that gFTP will automatically connect to when it starts up.
--help, -h
Display program usage.
--info Display some information about how gFTP was built. Please send the output of this command when submitting a bug report.
--version, -v
Display the current version of gFTP.
proto 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.
user 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.
pass 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.
server The remote server to connect to.
port 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 services(5) file.
directory
The directory to change to once you are connected to the remote server.
FILES
~/.gftp/gftprc
Per user configuration file. Most of these options can be edited inside gFTP. This file is also commented very well. ~/.gftp/book-
marks
Per user bookmarks file.
BUGS
If you find any bugs in gFTP, please report them to GNOME's Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
AUTHOR
Brian Masney <masneyb@gftp.org> - http://www.gftp.org/
MARCH 2007 GFTP(1)