<article lang="&language;" id="sftp"> <title>sftp</title> <para><acronym>SFTP</acronym> is a Secure file transfer protocol. <command>sftp</command> is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp, but it performs all operations over an encrypted <command>ssh</command> transport. It may use many of the features of <command>ssh</command>, including public key authentication and compression.</para> <para> See the manual: <ulink url="man:/sftp">sftp</ulink>. </para> </article>