NAME
netread - read data transported over network using netwrite
SYNOPSIS
netread [udp] [-f host ] [-c] [-C algorithm ] [-o file ] [-s] [-b] [-h
<n> ] [-H] <n> ] [-q] [-v] [-vv] [-V] [-vV]
netread is part of the netrw package. It is a simple (but powerful)
tool for transporting data over the internet, in conjunction with
netwrite(1)
DESCRIPTION
The main purpose of netrw is to simplify and speed up file transfers to
hosts without an FTP server. It can also be used for uploading data to
some other user. It is something like one-way netcat (nc) with some
nice features concerning data transfers. Netrw can compute and check
message digest (MD5, SHA-1, and some others) of all the data being
transferred, it can also print information on progress and average
speed. At the end it sums up the transfer.
OPTIONS
udp Changes the default TCP protocol can be changed to UDP.
-f host
Works in the firewall mode; connection is initiated by netread.
-c This option is ignored. Transmission checksum is activated by
default.
-C algorithm
Uses the specified algorithm for checksum. This option also
implies -c
. Supported algorithms (the first is default): sha1 md5 rmd160
none
-o <file>
Writes data to file instead of stdout.
-s In case -o option is specified, open the file for synchronous
I/O. Otherwise, this option has no effect.
-b print speed in b/s instead of B/s
-h <n> Prints ‘#’ after each n KiB transferred (def. 10485.76).
-H <n> Prints ‘#’ after each n MiB transferred (def. 10.24).
-q Be quiet.
-v Be verbose.
-vv Be very verbose.
-V Show version.
-vV Show verbose version.
RETURN VALUES
0 no errors.
1 some error occured.
2 checksum validation failed.
SEE ALSO
netwrite(1), /usr/share/doc/netrw/README
AUTHOR
netread was written by Jiri Denemark <jirka@ics.muni.cz>. For more
information, visit http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xdenemar/netrw
This manual page was written by Kumar Appaiah <akumar@ee.iitm.ac.in>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
2007-10-14 netread(1)