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Linux
Commands
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status
Print status information: whether tftp is connected to a remote
host (i.e., whether a host has been specified for the next
connection), the current mode, whether verbose and tracing
modes are on, and the values for retransmission-timeout and
total transmission-timeout.
timeout total-transmission-timeout
Set the total transmission timeout, in seconds.
trace
Toggle packet tracing.
verbose
Toggle verbose mode.
tftpd
in.tftpd [options] [directories]
TCP/IP command. IPv4 Trivial File Transfer Protocol server. in.tftpd
is normally started by inetd and operates at the port indicated in the
tftp Internet service description in /etc/services. Only publicly read-
able files may be accessed. By default, only files that already exist
and are publicly writable can be written. In addition, if any directo-
ries are specified, access is restricted to files in those directories. The
version of tftp described here is tftp-hpa.
Options
-a [address][:port]
Specify the address and port to listen to when run in standa-
lone mode with -l. By default, use the address and port in /etc/
services.
-B size
Do not transmit blocks larger than size, a number between
512 and 65464.
-c Allow new files to be written. The default permissions allow
anyone to read and write the files. Use -p or -U to