Secure file transfer program
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Developer(s) | The OpenBSD Project |
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Written in | C |
Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Microsoft Windows |
Type | Command |
License | BSD, ISC, public domain |
Website | www |
sftp is a command-line interface client program to transfer files using the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), which runs inside the encrypted Secure Shell connection.
It provides an interactive interface similar to that of traditional FTP clients.
sftp should not be confused with running an FTP client over an SSH connection.
One common implementation of sftp is part of the OpenSSH project.[1]