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TFTP(1c,C)                  AIX TCP/IP User's Guide                  TFTP(1c,C)



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tftp



PURPOSE

Trivial file transfer program.

SYNTAX


        +--------+
tftp ---|        |---|
        +- host -+


DESCRIPTION

The tftp command 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).

Note:  Different implementations of the tftp server impose different user
access restrictions on file transfers, for example, get and put.  These
restrictions are determined by the remote host.  See "tftpd" for restrictions
on connecting to an AIX server for tftp.

COMMANDS

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

connect host-name [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 command does not actually create a connection,
                       but merely remembers wh a host is to be used for
                       transfers.  You must use the connect command to specify
                       the remote host.

mode[ascii|binary]     Set the mode for transfers.  Transfer mode may be one of
                       ascii or binary.  The default is ascii.

put filename

put localfile remotefile





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TFTP(1c,C)                  AIX TCP/IP User's Guide                  TFTP(1c,C)



put file1 file2...fileN remote-directory
                       Put a file or set of files to the specified remote file
                       or directory.  Specify the destination as a directory or
                       file name on the remote host.  If the remote-directory
                       form is used, the remote host is assumed to be an AIX
                       system.

get filename

get remotename localname


get file1 file2...fileN
                       Get a file or set of files from the specified sources.
                       Specify source as a file name on the remote host.

quit                   Exit tftp.  An end of file 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.

EXAMPLES


















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TFTP(1c,C)                  AIX TCP/IP User's Guide                  TFTP(1c,C)



  $ tftp host1
  tftp> ?
  Commands may be abbreviated.  Commands are:

  connect      connect to remote tftp
  mode         set file transfer mode
  put          send file
  get          receive file
  quit         exit tftp
  verbose      toggle verbose mode
  trace        toggle packet tracing
  status       show current status
  binary       set mode to octet
  ascii        set mode to netascii
  rexmt        set per-packet retransmission timeout
  timeout      set total retransmission timeout
  ?            print help information

  tftp> quit
  $



































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