cadaver(1) Unix cadaver(1)
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NAME
cadaver - A command-line WebDAV client for Unix.
SYNOPSIS
cadaver [-trp[-r file][-p host[:port]]][-V][-h]
http://hostname[:port]/path
DESCRIPTION
cadaver supports file upload, download, on-screen display, namespace
operations (move and copy), collection creation and deletion, and
locking operations.
Its operation is similar to the standard BSD ftp(1) client and the
Samba Project's smbclient(1). A user familiar with these tools should
be quite comfortable with cadaver.
cadaver supports automatically logging in to servers requiring
authentication via a .netrc file (similar to ftp(1) - see section "THE
.netrc FILE" below).
OPTIONS
-t, --tolerant
Allow cd/open into non-WebDAV enabled collection; use if the
server or proxy server has WebDAV compliance problems.
-r, --rcfile=file
Use this rcfile rather than the default of ~/.cadaverrc
-p, --proxy=host[:port]
Connect using the proxy host "host" and optional proxy port
"port".
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display this help message and exit.
COMMAND REFERENCE
ls [path]
List contents of current [or other] collection
cd path
Change to specified collection
pwd Display name of current collection
put local [remote]
Upload local file
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get remote [local]
Download remote resource
mget remote...
Download many remote resources
mput local...
Upload many local files
edit resource
Edit given resource
less remote...
Display remote resource through pager
mkcol remote...
Create remote collection(s)
cat remote...
Display remote resource(s)
delete remote...
Delete non-collection resource(s)
rmcol remote...
Delete remote collections and ALL contents
copy source... dest
Copy resource(s) from source to dest
move source... dest
Move resource(s) from source to dest
lock resource
Lock given resource
unlock resource
Unlock given resource
discover resource
Display lock information for resource
steal resource
Steal lock token for resource
showlocks
Display list of owned locks
propnames res
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Names of properties defined on resource
chexec [+|-] remote
Change isexecutable property of resource
propget res [propname]
Retrieve properties of resource
propset res propname value
Set property on resource
set [option] [value]
Set an option, or display options
open URL
Open connection to given URL
close
Close current connection
quit Exit program
unset [option] [value]
Unsets or clears value from option.
lcd [directory]
Change local working directory
lls [options]
Display local directory listing
lpwd Print local working directory
logout
Logout of authentication session
help [command]
Display help message
THE .netrc FILE
The file ~/.netrc may be used to automatically login to a server
requiring authentication. The following tokens (separated by spaces,
tabs or newlines) may be used:
machine host
Identify a remote machine host which is compared with the
hostname given on the command line or as an argument to the open
command. Any subsequent tokens up to the end of file or the next
machine or default token are associated with this entry.
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default
This is equivalent to the machine token but matches any hostname.
Only one default token may be used and it must be after all
machine tokens.
login username
Specifies the username to use when logging in to the remote
machine.
password string
passwd string
Specifies the password to use when logging in to the remote
machine.
Any other tokens (as described in ftp(1)) are ignored.
EXAMPLES
cadaver http://dav.example.com/
Connects to the server myserver.example.com, opening the root
collection.
cadaver http://zope.example.com:8022/Users/fred/
Connects to the server zope.example.com using port 8022, opening
the collection "/Users/fred/".
cadaver https://secure.example.com/
Connects to a server called secure.example.com using SSL.
FILES
~/.cadaverrc
Individual user settings that can override cadaver defaults and
to script cadaver. Can be changed by the "--rcfile" option.
~/.netrc
Login and initialization information used by the auto-login
process. See section "THE .netrc FILE" for details.
AUTHOR
Joe Orton <cadaver@webdav.org>
SEE ALSO
ftp(1), smbclient(1)
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