filezilla

Section: FileZilla Manual (1)
Updated: January 2018
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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) 2004-2019 Tim Kosse

FileZilla is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.  

SEE ALSO

fzdefaults.xml(5)


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
SUPPORT
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO