Secure file transfer program: Difference between revisions

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The <tt>sftp</tt> command is a [[command-line]] client [[Computer program|program]] implementing the client-side of the [[SSH file transfer protocol]] which is implemented by the sftp-server command by the [[OpenSSH]] project.<ref name="openssh">[http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1 sftp man page from the openssh project]</ref> This should not be confused with running an [[FTP_over_SSH|FTP client over an SSH connection]].

It provides an interactive interface similar to that of traditional [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] clients.

sftp is part of the [[OpenSSH]] project.<ref name="openssh" />

<tt>sftp</tt> should not be confused with running an [[FTP_over_SSH|FTP client over an SSH connection]].

One implementation of <tt>sftp</tt> is part of the [[OpenSSH]] project.<ref name="openssh" />

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