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FTP-PUT(1C)                                                        FTP-PUT(1C)

NAME
       ftp-put - copy files from local host to remote using passive mode ftp

SYNOPSIS
       ftp-put LocalFilename RemoteHost [RemoteFilename] [:debug=true]
       [:buff=2048] [:rename=true]

DESCRIPTION
       ftp-put Opens a connection to the ftp server on the RemoteHost, and
       puts, using ftp passive mode, the LocalFilename to a temporary filename
       constructed from the RemoteFilename.  When the data transfer is
       complete a RENAME operation is issued. Therefore the RemoteFilename
       appears atomically. This is very important when uploading files to an
       area from which other ftp and http processes are actively serving. If
       :rename=false then the file is stored directly without renaming.

       Username and password may be picked up from environment variables
       (RemoteHost_USER and RemoteHost_PASS) or the user is prompted.

       If LocalFilename is . (dot) then the data is read from standard input.

EXIT STATUS
       Errors result in a non-zero exit status.

AUTHOR
       gjc@world.std.com http://people.delphi.com/gjc/siod.html

SEE ALSO
       siod ftp-cp

FILES
       /usr/local/bin/ftp-put /usr/local/bin/siod /usr/local/lib/libsiod.so
       /usr/local/lib/siod/ss.so /usr/local/lib/siod/ftp.scm

BUGS
       The password is received using the built-in unix getpass, which on some
       systems (Solaris) truncates the user input to 8 characters.  If the
       remote system can handle longer passwords then this is a problem.

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