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Invoking Yafc

Usage:

yafc [options] [proto://][user[:password]@]hostname[:port][/directory]

The 'proto' keyword can be either 'ftp' for ordinary FTP protocol, or 'ssh' for SSH2 protocol (sftp).

Options:

-a

--anon

Try an anonymous login, ie login as "anonymous" with your email address as password. Your email address is first looked for in the config file (Keywords), then in the $EMAIL environment variable. If it's not found, a guess is made from your user- and hostname.

-d

--debug

Print all messages sent to/from server.

-D

--dump-rc

Prints the default configuration file to standard output.

-m

--mechanism=MECH

Try security mechanism MECH when logging in to the host specified on the command line. This will override any 'mech' options in yafcrc or bookmarks. MECH is a colon-separated string, supported values are "krb4", "krb5" and "none". The mechanisms are tried in the order specified.

-n

--norc

Do not read the users configuration file. This will cause yafc to use its default settings.

-p

--noproxy

Do not connect via the proxy. This should be used if connecting to a host on the local network.

-q

--quiet

Do not print the welcome message with copyright information when starting Yafc.

-r FILE

--rcfile=FILE

Read another configuration file.

-t FILE

--trace[=FILE]

Enable creation of trace file. Trace files are mainly for debugging and includes every response and command Yafc receives/sends. If FILE is specified, use that file instead of the default trace file (~/.yafc/trace/trace.pid, where pid is the process id number of Yafc.) Trace files can grow quite large and can safely be deleted.

-u

--noauto

Do not login automagically to the host specified on the command line. You can still use bookmark aliases, though.

-U

--noalias

As --noauto, but bookmark aliases is disabled.

-v

--verbose

Print all responses received (without response code.)

-w

--wait=TIME

Use a different time to wait between connection attempts, in seconds. This overrides the value set by connect_wait_time in the configuration file.

-W

--workdir=DIR

Use a different working directory for configuration files and temporary files. Default is ~/.yafc.

-V

--version

Print version information on stdout and exit successfully.

-h

--help

Print a short help description on stdout and exit successfully.