Name
tftp
Synopsis
tftp [host [port
]]
User interface to the TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
, which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine. The remote host
may be specified, in which case tftp uses host
as the default host for future transfers.
Commands
Once tftp is running, it issues the prompt:
tftp>
and recognizes the following commands:
-
? [
command-name...
] Print help information.
- ascii
Shorthand for mode ASCII.
- binary
Shorthand for mode binary.
-
connect
hostname
[port
] Set the
hostname
, and optionally theport
, for transfers.-
get
filename
-
get
remotename localname
-
get
filename1 filename2 filename3...filenameN
Get a file or set of files from the specified remote sources.
-
mode
transfer-mode
Set the mode for transfers.
transfer-mode
may beASCII
orbinary
. The default isASCII
.-
put
filename
-
put
localfile remotefile
-
put
filename1 filename2...filenameN remote-directory
Transfer a file or set of files to the specified remote file or directory.
- quit
Exit tftp.
-
rexmt
retransmission-timeout
Set the per-packet retransmission timeout, in seconds.
- status
Print status information: whether tftp is connected to a remote host (i.e., whether a host has been specified for the next connection), the current mode, whether verbose and tracing modes are on, and the values for retransmission timeout and total transmission timeout.
-
timeout
total-transmission-timeout
Set the total transmission timeout, in seconds.
- trace
Toggle packet tracing.
- verbose
Toggle verbose mode.
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