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.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: Samba 4.16.4
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.TH "SMBGET" "1" "08/09/2022" "Samba 4\&.16\&.4" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
smbget \- wget\-like utility for download files over SMB
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\ 'u
smbget [\-a,\ \-\-guest] [\-r,\ \-\-resume] [\-R,\ \-\-recursive] [\-U,\ \-\-user=STRING] [\-w,\ \-\-workgroup=STRING] [\-n,\ \-\-nonprompt] [\-d,\ \-\-debuglevel=INT] [\-D,\ \-\-dots] [\-o,\ \-\-outputfile] [\-f,\ \-\-rcfile] [\-q,\ \-\-quiet] [\-v,\ \-\-verbose] [\-b,\ \-\-blocksize] [\-O,\ \-\-stdout] [\-u,\ \-\-update] [\-e,\ \-\-encrypt] [\-?,\ \-\-help] [\-\-usage] {smb://host/share/path/to/file} [smb://url2/] [\&.\&.\&.]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(7)
suite\&.
.PP
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\&.
.PP
The files should be in the smb\-URL standard, e\&.g\&. use smb://host/share/file for the UNC path
\fI\e\e\e\eHOST\e\eSHARE\e\efile\fR\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-a, \-\-guest
.RS 4
Work as user guest
.RE
.PP
\-r, \-\-resume
.RS 4
Automatically resume aborted files
.RE
.PP
\-R, \-\-recursive
.RS 4
Recursively download files
.RE
.PP
\-U, \-\-user=\fIusername[%password]\fR
.RS 4
Username (and password) to use
.RE
.PP
\-w, \-\-workgroup=STRING
.RS 4
Workgroup to use (optional)
.RE
.PP
\-n, \-\-nonprompt
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt ask anything (non\-interactive)
.RE
.PP
\-d, \-\-debuglevel=INT
.RS 4
Debuglevel to use
.RE
.PP
\-D, \-\-dots
.RS 4
Show dots as progress indication
.RE
.PP
\-o, \-\-outputfile
.RS 4
Write the file that is being downloaded to the specified file\&. Can not be used together with \-R\&.
.RE
.PP
\-O, \-\-stdout
.RS 4
Write the file that is being downloaded to standard output\&.
.RE
.PP
\-f, \-\-rcfile
.RS 4
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 overridden by the contents of the rcfile\&.
.RE
.PP
\-q, \-\-quiet
.RS 4
Be quiet
.RE
.PP
\-v, \-\-verbose
.RS 4
Be verbose
.RE
.PP
\-b, \-\-blocksize
.RS 4
Number of bytes to download in a block\&. Defaults to 64000\&.
.RE
.PP
\-?, \-\-help
.RS 4
Show help message
.RE
.PP
\-\-usage
.RS 4
Display brief usage message
.RE
.PP
\-u, \-\-update
.RS 4
Download only when remote file is newer than local file or local file is missing\&.
.RE
.PP
\-e, \-\-encrypt
.RS 4
Enable SMB encryption\&.
.RE
.SH "SMB URLS"
.PP
SMB URL\*(Aqs should be specified in the following format:
.PP
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
smb://[[[domain;]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
smb:// means all the workgroups
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
smb://name/ means, if \fIname\fR is a workgroup, all the servers in this workgroup, or if \fIname\fR is a server, all the shares on this server\&.
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
# Recursively download \*(Aqsrc\*(Aq directory
smbget \-R smb://rhonwyn/jelmer/src
# Download FreeBSD ISO and enable resuming
smbget \-r smb://rhonwyn/isos/FreeBSD5\&.1\&.iso
# Recursively download all ISOs
smbget \-Rr smb://rhonwyn/isos
# Backup my data on rhonwyn
smbget \-Rr smb://rhonwyn/
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
Permission denied is returned in some cases where the cause of the error is unknown (such as an illegally formatted smb:// url or trying to get a directory without \-R turned on)\&.
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is part of version 4\&.16\&.4 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.
.PP
The smbget manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij\&.