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.SH NAME
atftp \- TFTP client (RFC1350).
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B atftp [options] [host [port]]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B atftp
can be used interactively or in batch mode to retrieve files from TFTP
servers. When used interactively, a summary of the commands can be
printed by typing 'help'. This TFTP client support all basic features
from RFC1350, RFC2347, RFC2348 and RFC2349. It also support multicast
implementation of RFC2090 and mtftp as defined in the PXE
specification.

.SH OPTIONS
This program supports both the usual GNU command line syntax, with
long options starting with two dashes ('--') as well as short
options. Some options are usable in batch mode only, they have no meaning
when atftp is use interactively. A description of the options is
shown below.

.TP
.B \-g, \-\-get
Non interactive invocation only. Instruct atftp to fetch a file from a tftp server.

.TP
.B \-\-mget
Non interactive invocation only. Used to fetch a file from a mtftp capable
server.

.TP
.B \-p, \-\-put
Non interactive invocation only. Instruct atftp to send a file to a tftp server.

.TP
.B \-P, \-\-password
Give password to tftp server. This is a non-standard extension to the
atftp client necessary for Linksys routers and shouldn't be used elsewhere.

.TP
.B \-l, \-\-local-file
Non interactive invocation only. The client side (locat) file name to read or
write. Must be used in conjunction with \-\-get or \-\-put.

.TP
.B \-r, \-\-remote-file
Non interactive invocation only. The server side (remote) file name to get or
put. Must be used in conjunction with \-\-get or \-\-put.

.TP
.B \-\-tftp-timeout <value>
Number of seconds for timeout of the client. Default is 5 seconds.

.TP
.B \-\-option <"name value">
Set option "name" to "value". This command supports exactly the same
arguments as the interactive one. For example, use: --option "blksize 1428"
to configure block size.
.br
Possible Values are:
.br
  --option "tsize enable"
  --option "tsize disable"
  --option "blksize 8"
  --option "blksize 65464"

.TP
.B \-\-mtftp <"name value">
Set mtftp possible options. Accepts the same options as the interactive
mtftp command. For example, use:
--mtftp "client-port 76"
to configure client side port to use.

.TP
.B \-\-no\-source\-port\-checking
See atftpd's man page.

.TP
.B \-\-verbose
Instruct atftp to be verbose. It will print more information about
what's going on.

.TP
.B \-\-trace
This is useful for debugging purpose to display all packet going to
and from the network.

.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
Print version.

.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Print a summary of command line arguments.


.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Remi Lefebvre <remi@debian.org> and
Jean-Pierre Lefebvre <helix@step.polymtl.ca>.