<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>