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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TFTP 1C "12 Nov 1984"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: tftp \- trivial file transfer program
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B tftp
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B host
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [ 
        !            11: .B port
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Tftp
        !            15: is the user interface to the ARPANET standard Trivial File Transfer Protocol.
        !            16: The program allows a user to transfer files to and from a
        !            17: remote network site
        !            18: .I without
        !            19: having a login account at that remote site; however, the remote files must be
        !            20: accessible to the user.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: The optional arguments are positional dependent. Argument
        !            23: .I host 
        !            24: specifies the client host, and
        !            25: .I port
        !            26: specifies the port number through which 
        !            27: .I tftp 
        !            28: will contact an TFTP server. 
        !            29: If the user does not give a port number, 
        !            30: .I tftp
        !            31: uses the port number reserved for TFTP servers.
        !            32: .LP
        !            33: .I Tftp
        !            34: will then enter its command interpreter, print the prompt \*(lqtftp>\*(rq
        !            35: and await the user's commands. It recognizes the following commands:
        !            36: .TP
        !            37: \fBconnect\fP \fIhost [port]\fP
        !            38: specify the client host and optionally a port number through which
        !            39: .I tftp
        !            40: is to communicate with a TFTP server. The user 
        !            41: will be prompted for the missing arguments.
        !            42: .TP 
        !            43: \fBmode\fP \fImode-type\fP
        !            44: set the file transfer type to 
        !            45: .I mode-type.
        !            46: Currently,
        !            47: .I tftp
        !            48: only supports the
        !            49: .I ascii
        !            50: type.
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: \fBput\fP \fIfrom-file [to-file]\fB
        !            53: send a local file 
        !            54: .I from-file 
        !            55: to the remote file
        !            56: .I to-file.
        !            57: If
        !            58: .I to-file
        !            59: is not given, 
        !            60: .I tftp
        !            61: uses the path
        !            62: .I from-file
        !            63: as the destination file.
        !            64: See below for the argument description.
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: \fBput\fP \fIfrom-file from-file ... to-dir\fB
        !            67: send a file or multiple files to the remote host.
        !            68: Argument
        !            69: .I from-file
        !            70: specifies the local file to be sent, and
        !            71: .I to-file
        !            72: or
        !            73: .I to-dir
        !            74: the "address" of the receiving remote file or directory 
        !            75: which must have already existed and writeable by the user. 
        !            76: The format of 
        !            77: .I to-file
        !            78: or
        !            79: .I to-dir
        !            80: is
        !            81: .RS 12
        !            82: 
        !            83: .I host-name:path-name
        !            84: 
        !            85: or
        !            86: 
        !            87: .I path-name
        !            88: 
        !            89: where
        !            90: .I host-name
        !            91: is the remote site of the receiving file or directory, and
        !            92: .I path-name
        !            93: is the
        !            94: .I full
        !            95: pathname of the receiving file or directory. 
        !            96: If it is a directory, then the receiving files 
        !            97: must have already existed and writeable by the user. They
        !            98: have the same base names as those of the original files.
        !            99: If 
        !           100: .I host-name
        !           101: is not given, 
        !           102: .I tftp
        !           103: uses the host name most recently given.
        !           104: .RE
        !           105: .RS
        !           106: The user is prompted for missing command arguments.
        !           107: .RE
        !           108: .TP
        !           109: \fBget\fP \fIfrom-file [to-file]\fP
        !           110: receive a single file from a remote host.
        !           111: If
        !           112: .I to-file
        !           113: is not given, 
        !           114: .I tftp
        !           115: uses the base name of the path
        !           116: .I from-file
        !           117: as the destination file.
        !           118: See below for the argument description.
        !           119: .TP
        !           120: \fBget\fP \fIfrom-file from-file ... to-dir\fP
        !           121: receive multiple files from a remote host.
        !           122: The command argument
        !           123: .I to-file
        !           124: or
        !           125: .I to-dir
        !           126: specifies the local receiving file or directory, and
        !           127: .I from-file
        !           128: the remote file. The format of
        !           129: .I from-file
        !           130: is
        !           131: .RS 12
        !           132: 
        !           133: .I host-name:path-name
        !           134: 
        !           135: or
        !           136: 
        !           137: .I path-name
        !           138: 
        !           139: .I host-name
        !           140: and
        !           141: .I path-name
        !           142: are described in the 
        !           143: .I put
        !           144: command. 
        !           145: If the receiving end is a directory, the receiving files
        !           146: have the same base names as those of the original files.
        !           147: .RE
        !           148: .TP
        !           149: .B quit
        !           150: exit from
        !           151: .I tftp.
        !           152: .TP 
        !           153: .B trace
        !           154: toggle the packet tracing option.
        !           155: .TP
        !           156: .B rexmt timeout-value
        !           157: specify the 
        !           158: .I timeout-value 
        !           159: interval before each packet is retransmitted.
        !           160: The default value is 5 seconds. The user will be prompted for any
        !           161: missing arguments.
        !           162: .TP
        !           163: .B timeout timeout-value
        !           164: specify the
        !           165: overall
        !           166: .I timeout-value
        !           167: interval when retransmitting a packet. If this interval expires, 
        !           168: .I tftp
        !           169: will terminate the file transfer process and prompt the user for
        !           170: the next command. The default value is 25 seconds. The user will
        !           171: be prompted for any missing arguments.
        !           172: .TP
        !           173: \fB?\fP \fIcommand-name\fP
        !           174: to print a summary of available 
        !           175: .I tftp
        !           176: commands. If
        !           177: .Icommand-name
        !           178: is given, 
        !           179: .I
        !           180: tftp
        !           181: prints the help messages for that particular command.
        !           182: .PP
        !           183: When receiving or sending files,
        !           184: .I tftp
        !           185: converts the Unix lines which terminate with 'nl' character into the
        !           186: "network" lines which terminate with 'cr' 'nl'  characters. As a result,
        !           187: the number of transmitted or received characters is larger than the
        !           188: actual file size.
        !           189: .I Tftp
        !           190: reports both the transmitted and actual file size.
        !           191: .I Tftp
        !           192: does not handle third party copies.
        !           193: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           194: Both
        !           195: .I tftp
        !           196: (at the local site) and
        !           197: TFTP server
        !           198: (at the remote site) report errors detected during file transfers.
        !           199: These errors concerns the file accessibility and are self-explanatory.
        !           200: Error message from
        !           201: .I tftp
        !           202: are prefixed with "tftp:".
        !           203: Error messages from the remote TFTP server are prefixed with 
        !           204: "Error code XX:". 

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