Using filetransferΒΆ

usage:
 filetransfer [-v | -vv] [-c CONFIG] JOBID
 filetransfer -k [-H] [-p PORT] HOST FILE
 filetransfer -d [-p PORT] HOST FILE
 filetransfer -h | -V

 JOBID   the job id
 HOST    server name or IP
 FILE    known-hosts file

 -c, --config CONFIG  the application configuration file
                      If not given the value of the environment
                      variable FILETRANSFER_CFG will be used.
 -d, --delete         delete server hostkey from known-hosts file
 -H, --hash           hash hostnames
 -k, --hostkey        get hostkey from SFTP server
 -p, --port PORT      SFTP server port [default: 22]
 -v, --verbose        once: print message
                      twice: print stack trace

 -h, --help           show this help
 -V, --version        show the version

 return codes:
  0  success
  1  with errors
  2  failure
  3  config error
  4  cmd line syntax error
  5  terminated

To start a job the JOBID (which is the job configuration filename without the extension) must be given on the commandline. When starting multiple jobs e.g. from a crontab the environment variable FILETRANSFER_CFG can be set to the path of the application configuration file so that it can be omitted on the commandline of each job.

It is also possible to get hostkeys from SFTP servers and save them to or delete them from the known-hosts file.

See also