1SMBGET(1) User Commands SMBGET(1)
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6 smbget - wget-like utility for download files over SMB
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9 smbget [-a, --guest] [-r, --resume] [-R, --recursive]
10 [-u, --username=STRING] [-p, --password=STRING]
11 [-w, --workgroup=STRING] [-n, --nonprompt] [-d, --debuglevel=INT]
12 [-D, --dots] [-P, --keep-permissions] [-o, --outputfile]
13 [-f, --rcfile] [-q, --quiet] [-v, --verbose] [-b, --blocksize]
14 [-O, --stdout] [-U, --update] [-?, --help] [--usage]
15 {smb://host/share/path/to/file} [smb://url2/] [...]
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18 This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
19 smbget is a simple utility with wget-like semantics, that can download
21 files from SMB servers. You can specify the files you would like to
22 download on the command-line.
23 The files should be in the smb-URL standard, e.g. use
25 smb://host/share/file for the UNC path \\\\HOST\\SHARE\\file.
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28 -a, --guest
29 Work as user guest
30 -r, --resume
32 Automatically resume aborted files
33 -R, --recursive
35 Recursively download files
36 -u, --username=STRING
38 Username to use
39 -p, --password=STRING
41 Password to use
42 -w, --workgroup=STRING
44 Workgroup to use (optional)
45 -n, --nonprompt
47 Don´t ask anything (non-interactive)
48 -d, --debuglevel=INT
50 Debuglevel to use
51 -D, --dots
53 Show dots as progress indication
54 -P, --keep-permissions
56 Set same permissions on local file as are set on remote file.
57 -o, --outputfile
59 Write the file that is being downloaded to the specified file. Can
60 not be used together with -R.
61 -O, --stdout
63 Write the file that is being downloaded to standard output.
64 -f, --rcfile
66 Use specified rcfile. This will be loaded in the order it was
67 specified - e.g. if you specify any options before this one, they
68 might get overridden by the contents of the rcfile.
69 -q, --quiet
71 Be quiet
72 -v, --verbose
74 Be verbose
75 -b, --blocksize
77 Number of bytes to download in a block. Defaults to 64000.
78 -?, --help
80 Show help message
81 --usage
83 Display brief usage message
84 -U, --update
86 Download only when remote file is newer than local file or local
87 file is missing.
88 -e|--encrypt
90 This command line parameter requires the remote server support the
91 UNIX extensions or that the SMB3 protocol has been selected.
92 Requests that the connection be encrypted. Negotiates SMB
93 encryption using either SMB3 or POSIX extensions via GSSAPI. Uses
94 the given credentials for the encryption negotiation (either
95 kerberos or NTLMv1/v2 if given domain/username/password triple.
96 Fails the connection if encryption cannot be negotiated.
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99 SMB URL´s should be specified in the following format:
100 smb://[[[domain;]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]]
102 smb:// means all the workgroups
104 smb://name/ means, if name is a workgroup, all the servers in this workgroup, or if name is a server, all the shares on this server.
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108 # Recursively download ´src´ directory
109 smbget -R smb://rhonwyn/jelmer/src
110 # Download FreeBSD ISO and enable resuming
111 smbget -r smb://rhonwyn/isos/FreeBSD5.1.iso
112 # Recursively download all ISOs
113 smbget -Rr smb://rhonwyn/isos
114 # Backup my data on rhonwyn
115 smbget -Rr smb://rhonwyn/
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118 Permission denied is returned in some cases where the cause of the
119 error is unknown (such as an illegally formatted smb:// url or trying
120 to get a directory without -R turned on).
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123 This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.
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126 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
127 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
128 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
129 The smbget manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij.
131Samba 4.2 06/19/2018 SMBGET(1)