NAME

       zftp - CERNLIB program to transfer ZEBRA formatted files over a network

SYNOPSIS

       zftp [hostname]

DESCRIPTION

       zftp  is a file transfer program that supports the transfer of formatted, unformatted and ZEBRA RZ files.
       (If you have no idea what ZEBRA files are, it is highly unlikely  that  you  want  to  use  this  program
       instead  of  a  standard  FTP client.)  Formatted files are typically KUIP macros, command or EXEC files,
       source code or even FZ ALPHA exchange format files.  Unformatted files may be FZ binary  exchange  format
       or EPIO files or any other binary file with fixed length records.

       zftp  also  provides  LS, CD, PWD and RSHELL commands.  It provides a common interface on all systems and
       the possibility of macros (via KUIP).  It avoids the problems of file format conversion that  occur  when
       transferring  binary  files  between  VMS  and  UNIX  systems.  zftp comes with the traditional KUIP user
       interface, including a HELP function that describes the available commands.

       Please note that, like many other FTP programs, zftp transfers unencrypted passwords  over  the  network.
       It should therefore be used only within a trusted LAN.

SEE ALSO

       • zftp online HELP command
       • ftp(1)
       • zserv(8)

       zftp      is      part     of     the     CERNLIB     CSPACK     package,     documented     fully     at
       http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asdoc/psdir/cspack.ps.gz                      (PostScript)                      or
       http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asdoc/WWW/cspack/cspmain/cspmain.html (HTML).

AUTHOR

       This  manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but
       may be used by others).

                                                February 3, 2003                                         ZFTP(1)