2. 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 (4.1 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.