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NAME SYNOPSIS OPTIONS
Command line flags: -u XX Use username XX instead of anonymous. -p XX Use password XX with the username. -P XX Use port number XX instead of the default FTP service port (21). -j XX Use account XX in supplement to the username and password (deprecated). -d XX Use the file XX for debug logging. -a Use ASCII transfer type instead of binary. -m Attempt to make the remote destination directory before copying. -t XX Timeout after XX seconds. -U XX Use value XX for the umask. -v/-V Do (do not) use progress meters. The default is to use progress meters if the output -f XX Read the file XX for host, user, and password information. -c Read locally from standard input and write remotely to specified pathname. -C Similar to -c, except a local pathname is specified. -A Append to remote files, instead of overwriting them. -T XX Upload into temporary files prefixed by XX. -S XX Upload into temporary files suffixed by XX. -R Recursive mode; copy whole directory trees. -r XX Redial a maximum of XX times until connected to the remote FTP server. -z/-Z Do (do not) try to resume transfers. The default is to not try to resume (-Z). -E Use regular (PORT) data connections. -F Use passive (PASV) data connections. The default is to use passive, but to fallback -DD Delete local file after successfully uploading it. -y Try using "SITE UTIME" to preserve timestamps on remote host. Not many remote FTP -b Run in background (by submitting a batch job and then spawning ncftpbatch). -bb Similar to -b option, but only submits the batch job. You will need to run ncftp‐ -B XX Try setting the TCP/IP socket buffer size to XX bytes. -W XX Send raw FTP command XX after logging in. -X XX Send raw FTP command XX after each file transferred. -Y XX Send raw FTP command XX before logging out. -o XX Set advanced option XX.
DESCRIPTION DIAGNOSTICS AUTHOR SEE ALSO
ncftpput(1)                            General Commands Manual                           ncftpput(1)



NAME
       ncftpput - Internet file transfer program for scripts

SYNOPSIS
       ncftpput [options] remote-host remote-directory local-files...

       ncftpput [options] bookmark-name remote-directory local-files...

       ncftpput -f login.cfg [options] remote-directory local-files...

       ncftpput -c remote-host remote-path-name < stdin

       ncftpput -C remote-host local-path-name remote-path-name

OPTIONS
   Command line flags:
       -u XX   Use username XX instead of anonymous.

       -p XX   Use password XX with the username.

       -P XX   Use port number XX instead of the default FTP service port (21).

       -j XX   Use account XX in supplement to the username and password (deprecated).

       -d XX   Use the file XX for debug logging.

       -a      Use ASCII transfer type instead of binary.

       -m      Attempt to make the remote destination directory before copying.

       -t XX   Timeout after XX seconds.

       -U XX   Use value XX for the umask.

       -v/-V   Do (do not) use progress meters.  The default is to use progress meters if the output
               stream is a TTY.

       -f XX   Read the file XX for host, user, and password information.

       -c      Read locally from standard input and write remotely to specified pathname.

       -C      Similar to -c, except a local pathname is specified.

       -A      Append to remote files, instead of overwriting them.

       -T XX   Upload into temporary files prefixed by XX.

       -S XX   Upload into temporary files suffixed by XX.

       -R      Recursive mode; copy whole directory trees.

       -r XX   Redial a maximum of XX times until connected to the remote FTP server.

       -z/-Z   Do (do not) try to resume transfers.  The default is to not try to resume (-Z).

       -E      Use regular (PORT) data connections.

       -F      Use passive (PASV) data connections.  The default is to use passive, but to  fallback
               to regular if the passive connection fails or times out.

       -DD     Delete local file after successfully uploading it.

       -y      Try  using  "SITE  UTIME" to preserve timestamps on remote host.  Not many remote FTP
               servers support this, so it may not work.

       -b      Run in background (by submitting a batch job and then spawning ncftpbatch).

       -bb     Similar to -b option, but only submits the batch job.  You will need  to  run  ncftpbatch for the batch job to be processed.  This is useful if you already have a ncftpbatch process running, or wish to have better control of when  batch  jobs  are  pro‐
               cessed.

               For example, if you wanted to do background processing of three files all on the same
               remote server, it is more polite to use just one ncftpbatch process  to  process  the
               three jobs sequentially, rather than having three ncftpbatch processes open three si‐
               multaneous FTP sessions to the same server.

       -B XX   Try setting the TCP/IP socket buffer size to XX bytes.

       -W XX   Send raw FTP command XX after logging in.

       -X XX   Send raw FTP command XX after each file transferred.

       -Y XX   Send raw FTP command XX before logging out.

               The -W, -X, and -Y options are useful for advanced users who need to  tweak  behavior
               on  some  servers.   For  example, users accessing mainframes might need to send some
               special SITE commands to set blocksize and record format information.

               For these options, you can use them multiple times each if you need to send  multiple
               commands.   For  the  -X option, you can use the cookie %s to expand into the name of
               the file that was transferred.

       -o XX   Set advanced option XX.

               This option is used primarily for debugging.  It sets the value of an internal  vari‐
               able to an integer value.  An example usage would be: -o useFEAT=0,useCLNT=1 which in
               this case, disables use of the FEAT command and enables the CLNT command.  The avail‐
               able  variables  include:  usePASV,  useSIZE, useMDTM, useREST, useNLST_a, useNLST_d,
               useFEAT, useMLSD, useMLST, useCLNT, useHELP_SITE, useSITE_UTIME,  STATfileParamWorks,
               NLSTfileParamWorks, require20, allowProxyForPORT, doNotGetStartCWD.

DESCRIPTION
       The purpose of ncftpput is to do file transfers from the command-line without entering an in‐
       teractive shell.  This lets you write shell scripts or other unattended processes that can do
       FTP.  It is also useful for advanced users who want to send files from the shell command line
       without entering an interactive FTP program such as ncftp.

       By default the program tries to open the remote host and login anonymously, but you can spec‐
       ify  a  username  and password information.  The -u option is used to specify the username to
       login as, and the -p option is used to specify the password.  If you are running the  program
       from the shell, you may omit the -p option and the program will prompt you for the password.

       Using  the -u and -p options are not recommended, because your account information is exposed
       to anyone who can see your shell script or your process information.   For  example,  someone
       using the ps program could see your password while the program runs.

       You  may  use the -f option instead to specify a file with the account information.  However,
       this is still not secure because anyone who has read access to the information file  can  see
       the  account  information.   Nevertheless, if you choose to use the -f option the file should
       look something like this:

              host sphygmomanometer.ncftp.com
              user gleason
              pass mypassword

       Don't forget to change the permissions on this file so no one else can read them.

       The -d option is very useful when you are trying to diagnose why a file transfer is  failing.
       It  prints out the entire FTP conversation to the file you specify, so you can get an idea of
       what went wrong.  If you specify the special name stdout as the name of the debugging  output
       file, the output will instead print to the screen.

       Using ASCII mode is helpful when the text format of your host differs from that of the remote
       host.  For example, if you are sending a text file from a  UNIX  system  to  a  Windows-based
       host,  you could use the -a flag which would use ASCII transfer mode so that the file created
       on the Windows machine would be in its native text format instead of the UNIX text format.

       You can upload an entire directory tree of files by using the -R flag.  Example:

           $ ncftpput -R pikachu.nintendo.co.jp /incoming /tmp/stuff

       This would create a /incoming/stuff hierarchy on the remote host.

       The -T and -S options are useful when you want to upload file to the  remote  host,  but  you
       don't  want to use the destination pathname until the file is complete.  Using these options,
       you will not destroy a remote file by the same name until your file is finished.   These  op‐
       tions are also useful when a remote process on the remote host polls a specific filename, and
       you don't want that process to see that file until you know the  file  is  finished  sending.
       Here is an example that uploads to the file /pub/incoming/README, using the filename /pub/in‐
       coming/README.tmp as a temporary filename:

           $ ncftpput -S .tmp bowser.nintendo.co.jp /pub/incoming /a/README

       A neat way to pipe the output from any local command into a remote file is to use the -c  op‐
       tion,  which  denotes  that  you're using stdin as input.  The following example shows how to
       make a backup and store it on a remote machine:

           $ tar cf - / | ncftpput -c sonic.sega.co.jp /usr/local/backup.tar

DIAGNOSTICS
       ncftpput returns the following exit values:

       0       Success.

       1       Could not connect to remote host.

       2       Could not connect to remote host - timed out.

       3       Transfer failed.

       4       Transfer failed - timed out.

       5       Directory change failed.

       6       Directory change failed - timed out.

       7       Malformed URL.

       8       Usage error.

       9       Error in login configuration file.

       10      Library initialization failed.

       11      Session initialization failed.

AUTHOR
       Mike Gleason, NcFTP Software (http://www.ncftp.com).

SEE ALSO
       ncftpget(1), ncftp(1), ftp(1), rcp(1), tftp(1).

       LibNcFTP (http://www.ncftp.com/libncftp/).



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