plpftp(1)

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version 1.0.26 · 2 versions
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💖 plpftp — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is plpftp, a lil manual from the User commands section, and it's literally your FTP-style bestie for messing with files on a Psion. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

plpftp — an FTP-like program for manipulating files on the Psion 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

plpftp [-h] [-V] [-p [host:]port] [long-options] [ FTP-command [parameters]]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

sooooo plpftp gives you a whole FTP-style interface for the psion. iconic, honestly. 👑

but here's the thing, bestie: it requires ncpd to already be running, because ncpd is the one providing access to the serial port. so no ncpd, no vibe. periodt. 💀

also plpftp has online help! 🫶 to see what commands you've got available, just start the program and type "help". that's it. that's the tip.

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -V, --version — shows you the version and then dips. bye. 👋
  • -h, --help — prints a short help text and bounces. short and sweet, we love that. 💖
  • -p, --port=[host:]port — tells it which host and port to connect to (like, the port where ncpd is listening, iykyk). default host is 127.0.0.1, and the port gets looked up in /etc/services. and if it's not in there? it falls back to a builtin value of 7501. built different. 🔥
  • FTP-command parameters — this one lets you drop a plpftp command straight onto the command line. if you do that, plpftp enters non interactive mode and terminates right after it executes the command. one and done, main character energy. ✨
⚠️ real talk: ncpd has to be running first or none of this works. pls don't come for me.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, they're all part of the same friend group. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Fritz Elfert wrote this one. 💜

it's heavily based on p3nfsd by Rudolf Koenig (rfkoenig@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de) and plp_1_7 by Philip Proudman (phil@proudman51.freeserve.co.uk).

man page by John Lines (john+plpman@paladin.demon.co.uk). 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this came to you from plptools 1.0.26 — the plpftp(1) manual page, living its lil life in the User commands section. mwah. 💋✨

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