vftp(1)                             CLIX                             vftp(1)



  NAME

    vftp, xvftp - Runs visual interface to TCP/IP file transfer utilities

  SYNOPSIS

    vftp [-C] [-R|-S] [-bDhg] [-t type] [-n nodename] [-u username] [-p
    password] [-s source] [-d destination]

    xvftp [-C] [-R|-S] [-bDhg] [-t type] [-n nodename] [-u username] [-p
    password] [-s source] [-d destination]

  FLAGS

    -C               Starts the interface as a collapsed icon on the screen.
                     (To see the interface, click on the icon.)

    -R               Sets the Action to Receive.

    -S               Sets the Action to Send.

    -b               Sets the bell option.  The bell is sounded after each
                     file transfer command is completed.

    -D               Sets the debug option.

    -h               Sets the hash option.  A number sign (#) is displayed for
                     each data block transferred.  The size of a data block is
                     1024 bytes.

    -g               Sets the globbing option.  (This option expands wildcard
                     characters in filenames.)

    -t type          Sets the default File type.  The only two file types that
                     can be specified are ascii and binary.  If this flag is
                     not used, the default file type is ascii.

    -n nodename      Sets the default remote node.  If this flag is not used,
                     no default nodename is set.

    -u username      Sets the default username.  If this flag is not used, no
                     default username is set.

    -p password      Sets the default password.  The password is never
                     displayed on the form.  If this flag is not used, no
                     default password is set.

    -s source        Sets the default source file.  If this flag is not used,
                     no default source file is displayed on the form.

    -d destination   Sets the default destination file.  If this flag is not



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                     used, no default destination file is displayed on the
                     form.

  DESCRIPTION

    The vftp and xvftp commands run visual interfaces to the TCP/IP ftp file
    transfer utility.

    Help is available within vftp, and is accessed by clicking on the help
    button with the mouse.

    Use the vftp command for Environ V-based window systems.  Use the xvftp
    command for X Window-based systems.

  EXAMPLES

    1.  To start the interface, enter the vtfp command with no flags.

        vftp


    2.  In this example, the user's machine is set to receive binary files
        from the remote node odie.

        vftp -R -n odie -t binary


    3.  This example starts the interface with the default action set to
        Receive.  The name of the source file (the file to be received) is set
        to /usr/john/my_proj, and the location for that file on the local
        machine is set to /usr/bink/johns_proj.

        vftp -R -s /usr/john/my_proj -d /usr/bink/johns_proj


    4.  This example starts the interface such that after each file is sent or
        received, the bell sounds.

        vftp -b


  NOTES

    Because of graphics requirements, vftp is available only on Intergraph
    graphic workstations.

    The FORMS_S product is required to run vftp.

  DIAGNOSTICS

    If all of the information needed for a file transfer is not provided, then



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    an error message appears in the message box asking that the missing
    information be specified.

    If the /usr/bin/ftp file cannot be located on the local system, then the
    error message Error: ftp is not available is displayed in the message box.

    Any errors encountered by the ftp command are displayed in the message
    box.

  EXIT VALUES

    The vftp command exits with a value of 1 if the forms needed for the
    interface cannot be displayed.  Otherwise, vftp exits with a value of 0.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: ftp(1), vft(1)





































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