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@(#)tftp.1 5.2 (Berkeley) 04/20/86
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 betweeen 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 commands.
mode transfer-mode Set the mode for transfers; transfer-mode may be one of ascii or binary . The default is ascii .
put file .ns
put localfile remotefile .ns
put file1 file2 ... fileN remote-directory Put a file or 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 hostname specified becomes the default for future transfers. If the remote-directory form is used, the remote host is assumed to be a UNIX machine.
get filename .ns
get remotename localname .ns
get file1 file2 ... fileN Get a file or set of files from the specified 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 hostname specified becomes the default for future transfers.
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.
Because there is no user-login or validation within the TFTP protocol, the remote site will probably have some sort of file-access restrictions in place. The exact methods are specific to each site and therefore difficult to document here.