ZFTP(1)

💅 ZFTP(1) — ok bestie, let me tell you about zftp

So this is the ZFTP(1) page, from the General Commands Manual section (section 1, the "commands you just type" section, iykyk). Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

zftp — a CERNLIB program that transfers ZEBRA formatted files over a network 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

zftp [hostname]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay so zftp is a file transfer program, and it's out here supporting the transfer of formatted, unformatted and ZEBRA RZ files. 💖

Real talk though: if you have no idea what ZEBRA files are, it is highly unlikely that you want to use this program instead of a standard FTP client. Like... not to be harsh, but this is not your girl. 🙈

So what even counts as a formatted file? Typically we're talking KUIP macros, command or EXEC files, source code, or even FZ ALPHA exchange format files. Iconic variety, honestly. 👑

Unformatted files, on the other hand, may be FZ binary exchange format or EPIO files — or literally any other binary file with fixed length records. Periodt. 💀

zftp also provides LS, CD, PWD and RSHELL commands, which, slay. ✨ It gives you a common interface on all systems and the possibility of macros (via KUIP). The main character energy here is that it avoids the problems of file format conversion that occur when transferring binary files between VMS and UNIX systems. That's the whole point, bestie, that's the flex. 🫶

zftp comes with the traditional KUIP user interface, including a HELP function that describes the available commands. So if you're ever lost, just ask it for help, it'll tell you everything. 🌈

⚠️ Lowkey important, ngl: like many other FTP programs, zftp transfers unencrypted passwords over the network. So it should therefore be used only within a trusted LAN. Do not be sending your creds out into the wild, I am begging you. 😭🔒

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• the zftp online HELP command 💫
• ftp(1)
• zserv(8)

zftp is part of the CERNLIB CSPACK package, documented fully at:

• http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asdoc/psdir/cspack.ps.gz (PostScript)
• http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asdoc/WWW/cspack/cspmain/cspmain.html (HTML)

🖋️ AUTHOR 🖋️

This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Thank you Kevin, you ate. 💜

✨ and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ This edition is dated February 3, 2003 — yes, it's vintage, it's giving retro tech heirloom, and we love her for it. 🎀🦋