NAME

psftp - interactive SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) client

SYNOPSIS

psftp [options] [user@]host

psftp is an interactive text-based client for the SSH-based SFTP (secure file transfer) protocol.

The command-line options supported by psftp are:

\fB-V\fP

Show version information and exit.

\fB-pgpfp\fP

Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.

\fB-b\fP \fIbatchfile\fP

Use specified batchfile.

\fB-bc\fP

Output batchfile commands.

\fB-be\fP

Don't stop batchfile processing on errors.

\fB-v\fP

Show verbose messages.

\fB-load\fP \fIsession\fP

Load settings from saved session.

\fB-P\fP \fIport\fP

Connect to port port.

\fB-l\fP \fIuser\fP

Set remote username to user.

\fB-batch\fP

Disable interactive prompts.

\fB-pw\fP \fIpassword\fP

Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via commands such as `w').

\fB-1\fP

Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

\fB-2\fP

Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

\fB-C\fP

Enable SSH compression.

\fB-i\fP \fIpath\fP

Private key file for authentication.

For a list of commands available inside psftp, type help at the psftp> prompt.

For more information on psftp it*(Aqs probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.