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NAME

FileZilla - FTP client

SYNOPSIS

filezilla
 
filezilla [-l <logontype>] <FTP URL>
 
filezilla -h|-s|-v
 
filezilla -c <site>
 
filezilla -a <path>

DESCRIPTION

FileZilla is a powerful client for plain FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).

OPTIONS

-c <site>, --site <site>
Connect to the given site from the Site Manager. Site has to be given as complete path, with a slash as separation character. Any slash or backslash that is part of a segment has to be escaped with a backslash. Path has to be prefixed with 0 for user defined entries or 1 for default entries. Site path may not contain double quotation marks.
Example: filezilla -c 0/foo/bar/sl\/ash connects to the user site sl/ash in the site directory foo/bar
May not be used together with -s nor with URL parameter.
 
-a <path>, --local <path>
Sets the local site to the given path.
Example: filezilla -a "/foo bar/"
 
-h, --help
Displays a help dialog listing these commandline options.
 
-l <logontype>, --logontype <logontype>
Set a special logontype, can only be used in combination with a FTP URL as argument.
 
Logontype has to be either ask or interactive. If -l isn't given, the normal logontype is used.
 
-s, --sitemanager
Start with Site Manager opened. May not be used together with -c nor with URL parameter.
 
-v, --version
Display version number of FileZilla.
 
 

ENVIRONMENT

The FZ_DATADIR environment variable can be used to specify the directory containing FileZilla's data files.

SUPPORT

Please visit https://filezilla-project.org/ for further information. Report bugs only if you are using the latest version available from the FileZilla website.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2004-2014 Tim Kosse
FileZilla is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.

SEE ALSO

fzdefaults.xml(5)
February 2014