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.TH "SMBGET" 1 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
smbget \- wget-like utility for download files over SMB
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBsmbget\fR [\-a,\ \-\-guest] [\-r,\ \-\-resume] [\-R,\ \-\-recursive] [\-u,\ \-\-username=STRING] [\-p,\ \-\-password=STRING] [\-w,\ \-\-workgroup=STRING] [\-n,\ \-\-nonprompt] [\-d,\ \-\-debuglevel=INT] [\-D,\ \-\-dots] [\-P,\ \-\-keep\-permissions] [\-o,\ \-\-outputfile] [\-f,\ \-\-rcfile] [\-q,\ \-\-quiet] [\-v,\ \-\-verbose] [\-b,\ \-\-blocksize] [\-?,\ \-\-help] [\-\-usage] {smb://host/share/path/to/file} [smb://url2/] [\&.\&.\&.]
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.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 \fB\\\\\\\\HOST\\\\SHARE\\\\file\fR\&.

.SH "OPTIONS"

.TP
\-a, \-\-guest
Work as user guest

.TP
\-r, \-\-resume
Automatically resume aborted files

.TP
\-R, \-\-recursive
Recursively download files

.TP
\-u, \-\-username=STRING
Username to use

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\-p, \-\-password=STRING
Password to use

.TP
\-w, \-\-workgroup=STRING
Workgroup to use (optional)

.TP
\-n, \-\-nonprompt
Don't ask anything (non\-interactive)

.TP
\-d, \-\-debuglevel=INT
Debuglevel to use

.TP
\-D, \-\-dots
Show dots as progress indication

.TP
\-P, \-\-keep\-permissions
Set same permissions on local file as are set on remote file\&.

.TP
\-o, \-\-outputfile
Write the file that is being download to the specified file\&. Can not be used together with \-R\&.

.TP
\-f, \-\-rcfile
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 overriden by the contents of the rcfile\&.

.TP
\-q, \-\-quiet
Be quiet

.TP
\-v, \-\-verbose
Be verbose

.TP
\-b, \-\-blocksize
Number of bytes to download in a block\&. Defaults to 64000\&.

.TP
\-?, \-\-help
Show help message

.TP
\-\-usage
Display brief usage message

.SH "SMB URLS"

.PP
SMB URL's should be specified in the following format:

.PP


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smb://[[[domain;]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]]

.fi


.PP


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smb:// means all the workgroups

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.PP


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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\&.

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.SH "EXAMPLES"

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# Recursively download 'src' 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

.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 correct for version 3\&.0 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\&.