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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1986 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)tftp.1c     1.2 (Berkeley) 4/20/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH TFTP 1C "April 20, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 6
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: tftp \- trivial file transfer program
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B tftp
        !            13: [
        !            14: host
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: .I Tftp
        !            18: is the user interface to the Internet TFTP
        !            19: (Trivial File Transfer Protocol),
        !            20: which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine.
        !            21: The remote
        !            22: .I host
        !            23: may be specified on the command line, in which case
        !            24: .I tftp
        !            25: uses
        !            26: .I host
        !            27: as the default host for future transfers (see the
        !            28: .B connect
        !            29: command below).
        !            30: .SH COMMANDS
        !            31: Once
        !            32: .I tftp
        !            33: is running, it issues the prompt
        !            34: .B tftp>
        !            35: and recognizes the following commands:
        !            36: .TP
        !            37: \fBconnect\fP \fIhost-name\fP [ \fIport\fP ]
        !            38: Set the
        !            39: .I host
        !            40: (and optionally
        !            41: .IR port )
        !            42: for transfers.
        !            43: Note that the TFTP protocol, unlike the FTP protocol,
        !            44: does not maintain connections betweeen transfers; thus, the
        !            45: .I connect
        !            46: command does not actually create a connection,
        !            47: but merely remembers what host is to be used for transfers.
        !            48: You do not have to use the 
        !            49: .I connect
        !            50: command; the remote host can be specified as part of the
        !            51: .I get
        !            52: or
        !            53: .I put
        !            54: commands.
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: \fBmode\fP \fItransfer-mode\fP
        !            57: Set the mode for transfers; 
        !            58: .I transfer-mode
        !            59: may be one of
        !            60: .IR ascii
        !            61: or
        !            62: .IR binary .
        !            63: The default is
        !            64: .IR ascii .
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: \fBput\fP \fIfile\fP
        !            67: .ns
        !            68: .TP
        !            69: \fBput\fP \fIlocalfile remotefile\fP
        !            70: .ns
        !            71: .TP
        !            72: \fBput\fP \fIfile1 file2 ... fileN remote-directory\fP
        !            73: Put a file or set of files to the specified
        !            74: remote file or directory.
        !            75: The destination
        !            76: can be in one of two forms:
        !            77: a filename on the remote host, if the host has already been specified,
        !            78: or a string of the form
        !            79: .I host:filename
        !            80: to specify both a host and filename at the same time.
        !            81: If the latter form is used,
        !            82: the hostname specified becomes the default for future transfers.
        !            83: If the remote-directory form is used, the remote host is
        !            84: assumed to be a
        !            85: .I UNIX
        !            86: machine.
        !            87: .TP
        !            88: \fBget\fP \fIfilename\fP
        !            89: .ns
        !            90: .TP
        !            91: \fBget\fP \fIremotename\fP \fIlocalname\fP
        !            92: .ns
        !            93: .TP
        !            94: \fBget\fP \fIfile1\fP \fIfile2\fP ... \fIfileN\fP
        !            95: Get a file or set of files from the specified
        !            96: .IR sources .
        !            97: .I Source
        !            98: can be in one of two forms:
        !            99: a filename on the remote host, if the host has already been specified,
        !           100: or a string of the form
        !           101: .I host:filename
        !           102: to specify both a host and filename at the same time.
        !           103: If the latter form is used,
        !           104: the last hostname specified becomes the default for future transfers.
        !           105: .TP
        !           106: .B quit
        !           107: Exit
        !           108: .IR tftp .
        !           109: An end of file also exits.
        !           110: .TP
        !           111: .B verbose
        !           112: Toggle verbose mode.
        !           113: .TP
        !           114: .B trace
        !           115: Toggle packet tracing.
        !           116: .TP
        !           117: .B status
        !           118: Show current status.
        !           119: .TP
        !           120: \fBrexmt\fP \fIretransmission-timeout\fP
        !           121: Set the per-packet retransmission timeout, in seconds.
        !           122: .TP
        !           123: \fBtimeout\fP \fItotal-transmission-timeout\fP
        !           124: Set the total transmission timeout, in seconds.
        !           125: .TP
        !           126: .B ascii
        !           127: Shorthand for "mode ascii"
        !           128: .TP
        !           129: .B binary
        !           130: Shorthand for "mode binary"
        !           131: .TP
        !           132: \fB?\fP \ [ \fIcommand-name\fP ... ]
        !           133: Print help information.
        !           134: .SH BUGS
        !           135: .PP
        !           136: Because there is no user-login or validation within
        !           137: the
        !           138: .I TFTP
        !           139: protocol, the remote site will probably have some
        !           140: sort of file-access restrictions in place.  The
        !           141: exact methods are specific to each site and therefore
        !           142: difficult to document here.

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