tftp

TFTP(1) User's Manual TFTP(1)

NAME

   tftp - IPv4 Trivial File Transfer Protocol client

SYNOPSIS

   tftp [ options... ] [host [port]] [-c command]

DESCRIPTION

   tftp  is a client for the Trivial file Transfer Protocol, which can be used to transfer files to and from remote machines, including some very minimalistic, usually embedded, systems.
   The remote host may be specified on the command line, in which case tftp uses host as the default host for future transfers (see the connect command below.)

OPTIONS

   -4     Connect with IPv4 only, even if IPv6 support was compiled in.

   -6     Connect with IPv6 only, if compiled in.

   -c command
          Execute command as if it had been entered on the tftp prompt.  Must be specified last on the command line.

   -l     Default to literal mode. Used to avoid special processing of ':' in a file name.

   -m mode
          Set the default transfer mode to mode.  This is usually used with -c.

   -R port:port
          Force the originating port number to be in the specified range of port numbers.

   -v     Default to verbose mode.

   -V     Print the version number and configuration to standard output, then exit gracefully.

COMMANDS

   Once tftp is running, it issues the prompt tftp> and recognizes the following commands:

   ? command-name...

   help command-name...
          Print help information

   ascii  Shorthand for mode ascii.

   binary Shorthand for mode binary.

   connect host [port]
          Set the host (and optionally port) for transfers.  Note that the TFTP protocol, unlike the FTP protocol, does not maintain connections between transfers; thus, the connect com‐
          mand does not actually create a connection, but merely remembers what host is to be used for transfers.  You do not have to use the connect command;  the  remote  host  can  be
          specified as part of the get or put commands.

   get file
   get remotefile localfile
   get file1 file2 file3...
          Get  a  file or set of files from the specified sources.  A remote filename can be in one of two forms: a plain filename on the remote host, if the host has already been speci‐
          fied, or a string of the form host:filename to specify both a host and filename at the same time.  If the latter form is used, the last hostname specified becomes  the  default
          for future transfers.  Enable literal mode to prevent special treatment of the ':' character (e.g. C:\dir\file).

   literal
          Toggle literal mode.  When set, this mode prevents special treatment of ':' in filenames.

   mode transfer-mode
          Specify the mode for transfers; transfer-mode may be one of ascii (or netascii) or binary (or octet.)  The default is ascii.

   put file
   put localfile remotefile
   put file1 file2 file3... remote-directory
          Put  a  file or set of files to the specified remote file or directory.  The destination can be in one of two forms: a filename on the remote host, if the host has already been
          specified, or a string of the form host:filename to specify both a host and filename at the same time.  If the latter form is used, the hostname specified becomes  the  default
          for  future  transfers.   If the remote-directory form is used, the remote host is assumed to be a UNIX system or another system using / as directory separator.  Enable literal
          mode to prevent special treatment of the ':' character (e.g. C:\dir\file).

   quit   Exit tftp.  End-of-file will also exit.

   rexmt retransmission-timeout
          Set the per-packet retransmission timeout, in seconds.

   status Show current status.

   timeout total-transmission-timeout
          Set the total transmission timeout, in seconds.

   trace  Toggle packet tracing (a debugging feature.)

   verbose
          Toggle verbose mode.

NOTES

   The TFTP protocol provides no provisions for authentication or security.  Therefore, the remote server will probably implement some kinds of access restriction or firewalling.   These
   access restrictions are likely to be site- and server-specific.

AUTHOR

   This  version  of tftp is maintained by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>.  It was derived from, but has substantially diverged from, an OpenBSD source base, with added patches by Markus
   Gutschke and Gero Kulhman.