solaris - tftp (1)

     tftp - trivial file transfer program

     tftp [ host ]

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     tftp is the user interface to  the  Internet  TFTP  (Trivial
     File  Transfer  Protocol),  which  allows  users to transfer
     files to and from a remote machine.  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).

     Once tftp is running, it issues the prompt tftp>> and  recog-
     nizes the following commands:

  Commands
     connect host-name [ port ]
          Set the host (and optionally port) for transfers.   The
          TFTP  protocol, unlike the FTP protocol, does not main-
          tain connections between transfers; thus,  the  connect
          command  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  com-
          mands.

     mode transfer-mode
          Set the mode for transfers; transfer-mode may be one of
          ascii or binary.  The default is ascii.

     put filename
     put localfile remotefile
     put filename1 filename2 ... filenameN remote-directory
          Transfer a file, or a 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 specified host becomes
          the default  for  future  transfers.   If  the  remote-
          directory  form  is used, the remote host is assumed to
          be running the UNIX system.  Files may be written  only
          if  they  already  exist and are publicly writable (see
          in.tftpd(1M)).
     get filename
     get remotename localname
     get filename1 filename2 filename3 ... filenameN
          Get a file or set of files (three  or  more)  from  the
          specified  remote sources.  source 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 last host specified
          becomes the default for future transfers.

     quit Exit tftp.  An EOF also exits.

     verbose
          Toggle verbose mode.

     trace
          Toggle packet tracing.

     status
          Show current status.

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

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

     ascii
          Shorthand for mode ascii.

     binary
          Shorthand for mode binary.

     ? [  command-name ... ]
          Print help information.

     The default transfer-mode is ascii.  This differs from  pre-
     SunOS 4.0 and pre-4.3BSD systems, so explicit action must be
     taken when transferring non-ASCII binary files such as  exe-
     cutable commands.

     Because there is no user-login or validation within the TFTP
     protocol,  many remote sites restrict file access in various
     ways.  Approved methods for file access are specific to each
     site, and therefore cannot be documented here.
     When using the get command to transfer multiple files from a
     remote  host, three or more files must be specified.  If two
     files are specified, the second file  is  used  as  a  local
     file.