1ZFTP(1)                     General Commands Manual                    ZFTP(1)
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NAME

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

9       zftp [hostname]
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DESCRIPTION

12       zftp  is  a file transfer program that supports the transfer of format‐
13       ted, unformatted and ZEBRA RZ files.  (If you have no idea  what  ZEBRA
14       files  are,  it  is  highly  unlikely that you want to use this program
15       instead of a standard FTP client.)  Formatted files are typically  KUIP
16       macros,  command  or  EXEC files, source code or even FZ ALPHA exchange
17       format files.  Unformatted files may be FZ binary  exchange  format  or
18       EPIO files or any other binary file with fixed length records.
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20       zftp also provides LS, CD, PWD and RSHELL commands.  It provides a com‐
21       mon interface on all systems and the possibility of macros (via  KUIP).
22       It avoids the problems of file format conversion that occur when trans‐
23       ferring binary files between VMS and UNIX systems.  zftp comes with the
24       traditional  KUIP  user  interface,  including  a  HELP  function  that
25       describes the available commands.
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27       Please note that, like many other FTP programs,  zftp  transfers  unen‐
28       crypted  passwords  over the network.  It should therefore be used only
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SEE ALSO

32       · zftp online HELP command
33       · ftp(1)
34       · zserv(8)
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36       zftp is part  of  the  CERNLIB  CSPACK  package,  documented  fully  at
37       http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asdoc/psdir/cspack.ps.gz     (PostScript)     or
38       http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asdoc/WWW/cspack/cspmain/cspmain.html (HTML).
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AUTHOR

41       This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for
42       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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46                               February 3, 2003                        ZFTP(1)