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3 <refentry id="smbget.1">
5 <refmeta>
6         <refentrytitle>smbget</refentrytitle>
7         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
8 </refmeta>
11 <refnamediv>
12         <refname>smbget</refname>
13         <refpurpose>wget-like utility for download files over SMB</refpurpose>
14 </refnamediv>
16 <refsynopsisdiv>
17         <cmdsynopsis>
18                 <command>smbget</command>
19                 <arg choice="opt">-a, --guest</arg>
20                 <arg choice="opt">-r, --resume</arg>
21                 <arg choice="opt">-R, --recursive</arg>
22                 <arg choice="opt">-u, --username=STRING</arg>
23                 <arg choice="opt">-p, --password=STRING</arg>
24                 <arg choice="opt">-w, --workgroup=STRING</arg>
25                 <arg choice="opt">-n, --nonprompt</arg>
26                 <arg choice="opt">-d, --debuglevel=INT</arg>
27                 <arg choice="opt">-D, --dots</arg>
28                 <arg choice="opt">-P, --keep-permissions</arg>
29                 <arg choice="opt">-o, --outputfile</arg>
30                 <arg choice="opt">-f, --rcfile</arg>
31                 <arg choice="opt">-q, --quiet</arg>
32                 <arg choice="opt">-v, --verbose</arg>
33                 <arg choice="opt">-b, --blocksize</arg>
34                 <arg choice="opt">-?, --help</arg>
35                 <arg choice="opt">--usage</arg>
36                 <arg choice="req">smb://host/share/path/to/file</arg>
37                 <arg choice="opt">smb://url2/</arg>
38                 <arg choice="opt">...</arg>
39         </cmdsynopsis>
40 </refsynopsisdiv>
42 <refsect1>
43         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
45         <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
46         <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
48         <para>smbget is a simple utility with wget-like semantics, that can download files from SMB servers. You can specify the files you would like to download on the command-line. 
49         </para>
51         <para>
52                 The files should be in the smb-URL standard, e.g. use smb://host/share/file
53                 for the UNC path <emphasis>\\\\HOST\\SHARE\\file</emphasis>.
54         </para>
55 </refsect1>
57 <refsect1>
58         <title>OPTIONS</title>
60         <varlistentry>
61                 <term>-a, --guest</term>
62                 <listitem><para>Work as user guest</para></listitem>
63         </varlistentry>
65         <varlistentry>
66                 <term>-r, --resume</term>
67                 <listitem><para>Automatically resume aborted files</para></listitem>
68         </varlistentry>
70         <varlistentry>
71                 <term>-R, --recursive</term>
72                 <listitem><para>Recursively download files</para></listitem>
73         </varlistentry>
75         <varlistentry>
76                 <term>-u, --username=STRING</term>
77                 <listitem><para>Username to use</para></listitem>
78         </varlistentry>
80         <varlistentry>
81                 <term>-p, --password=STRING</term>
82                 <listitem><para>Password to use</para></listitem>
83         </varlistentry>
85         <varlistentry>
86                 <term>-w, --workgroup=STRING</term>
87                 <listitem><para>Workgroup to use (optional)</para></listitem>
88         </varlistentry>
90         <varlistentry>
91                 <term>-n, --nonprompt</term>
92                 <listitem><para>Don't ask anything (non-interactive)</para></listitem>
93         </varlistentry>
95         <varlistentry>
96                 <term>-d, --debuglevel=INT</term>
97                 <listitem><para>Debuglevel to use</para></listitem>
98         </varlistentry>
100         <varlistentry>
101                 <term>-D, --dots</term>
102                 <listitem><para>Show dots as progress indication</para></listitem>
103         </varlistentry>
105         <varlistentry>
106                 <term>-P, --keep-permissions</term>
107                 <listitem><para>Set same permissions on local file as are set on remote file.</para></listitem>
108         </varlistentry>
110         <varlistentry>
111                 <term>-o, --outputfile</term>
112                 <listitem><para>Write the file that is being download to the specified file. Can not be used together with -R.</para></listitem>
113         </varlistentry>
115         <varlistentry>
116                 <term>-f, --rcfile</term>
117                 <listitem><para>Use specified rcfile. This will be loaded in the order it was specified - e.g. if you specify any options before this one, they might get overriden by the contents of the rcfile.</para></listitem>
118         </varlistentry>
120         <varlistentry>
121                 <term>-q, --quiet</term>
122                 <listitem><para>Be quiet</para></listitem>
123         </varlistentry>
125         <varlistentry>
126                 <term>-v, --verbose</term>
127                 <listitem><para>Be verbose</para></listitem>
128         </varlistentry>
130         <varlistentry>
131                 <term>-b, --blocksize</term>
132                 <listitem><para>Number of bytes to download in a block. Defaults to 64000.</para></listitem>
133         </varlistentry>
135         <varlistentry>
136                 <term>-?, --help</term>
137                 <listitem><para>Show help message</para></listitem>
138         </varlistentry>
140         <varlistentry>
141                 <term>--usage</term>
142                 <listitem><para>Display brief usage message</para></listitem>
143         </varlistentry>
144 </refsect1>
146 <refsect1>
147         <title>SMB URLS</title>
149         <para> SMB URL's should be specified in the following format:</para>
151         <para><programlisting>
152 smb://[[[domain;]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]]
153 </programlisting></para>
155 <para><programlisting>
156 smb:// means all the workgroups
157 </programlisting></para>
159 <para><programlisting>
160 smb://name/ means, if <replaceable>name</replaceable> is a workgroup, all the servers in this workgroup, or if <replaceable>name</replaceable> is a server, all the shares on this server.
161 </programlisting></para>
163 </refsect1>
165 <refsect1>
166         <title>EXAMPLES</title>
167         
168 <programlisting>
169 # Recursively download 'src' directory
170 smbget -R smb://rhonwyn/jelmer/src
171 # Download FreeBSD ISO and enable resuming
172 smbget -r smb://rhonwyn/isos/FreeBSD5.1.iso
173 # Recursively download all ISOs
174 smbget -Rr smb://rhonwyn/isos
175 # Backup my data on rhonwyn
176 smbget -Rr smb://rhonwyn/
177 </programlisting>
179 </refsect1>
181 <refsect1>
182         <title>BUGS</title>
184         <para>Permission denied is returned in some cases where the cause of the error is unknown 
185 (such as an illegally formatted smb:// url or trying to get a directory without -R 
186 turned on).</para>
187 </refsect1>
189 <refsect1>
190         <title>VERSION</title>
192         <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of 
193         the Samba suite.</para>
194 </refsect1>
196 <refsect1>
197         <title>AUTHOR</title>
198         
199         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities 
200         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
201         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar 
202         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
204         <para>The smbget manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij.</para>
206 </refsect1>
208 </refentry>