NAME

       yafc - Yet another FTP client

SYNOPSIS

       yafc [options] [proto://][user[:password]@]hostname[:port][/directory]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  documents  Yafc.  Yafc  is  quite  a  powerful  ftp client.  It is a console
       interface to the ftp protocol. If you're looking for a nice GUI client, Yafc  is  not  for
       you.  If  you,  however,  use ftp often and want a fast, powerful, friendly client Yafc is
       here for you...

       Some of the features are recursive get/put/ls/rm,  nohup  transfers,  colored  ls,  cached
       directory   listings,   autologin  and  bookmarks,  powerful  aliases  and  extensive  tab
       completion.

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
              ("anon_password"), 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 MECH, --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 connection 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 (for host on command line).

       -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.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation for yafc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and yafc
       programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info yafc

       should give you access to the complete manual.

AUTHOR

       Yafc was written by Martin Hedenfalk <mhe@home.se>. This manual page was created from  the
       Texinfo documentation by Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com> for the Debian system.

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