Installing and Administering Internet Services

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Configuring TFTP and BOOTP Servers
Command Options for Using TFTP
3. Remove the ba tag entry from the /etc/bootptab file.
Command Options for Using TFTP
Internet Services includes a TFTP client implementation,
/usr/bin/tftp. You can use this client to verify that your TFTP server
is working correctly. For example, to retrieve the file bootf from the
TFTP server duncan, enter the following:
/usr/bin/tftp duncan
At the tftp prompt, enter:
get bootf
Table 5-3 describes the most common tftp commands you can use when
transferring files. For information on the other tftp options, type man 1
tftp.
Table 5-3 tftp File Transfer Options
ascii Sets the TFTP file transfer type to ASCII. This is the default
type.
binary Sets the TFTP file transfer type to binary.
get remote_file [ local_file ] Copy remote_file to local_file . If local_file is
unspecified, tftpd uses the specified remote_file name
as the local_file name. If local_file is specified as
“-”, the remote file is copied to standard output.
put local_file [ remote_file ] Copy local_file to remote_file . If remote_file is
unspecified, tftpd assigns the local_file name to the
remote_file name.
verbose When verbose is on, tftpd displays responses from the
server host. When verbose is on and a file transfer
completes, tftpd reports information about the efficiency
of the transfer. Enter the verbose command at the tftpd>
prompt to turn the verbose setting on or off.