SMBGET(1)

Name
smbget - wget-like utility for download files over SMB

Synopsis

smbget [-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] [-O, --stdout] [-?, --help] [--usage] {smb://host/share/path/to/file} [smb://url2/] [...]

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

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.

The files should be in the smb-URL standard, e.g. use smb://host/share/file for the UNC path \\\\HOST\\SHARE\\file.

OPTIONS

-a, --guest
    Work as user guest

-r, --resume
    Automatically resume aborted files

-R, --recursive
    Recursively download files

-u, --username=STRING
    Username to use

-p, --password=STRING
    Password to use

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

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

-d, --debuglevel=INT
    Debuglevel to use

-D, --dots
    Show dots as progress indication

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

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

-O, --stdout
    Write the file that is being downloaded to standard output.

-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.

-q, --quiet
    Be quiet

-v, --verbose
    Be verbose

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

-?, --help
    Show help message

--usage
    Display brief usage message

SMB URLS

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

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

    smb:// means all the workgroups

    smb://name/ means, if name is a workgroup, all the servers in this workgroup, or if name is a server, all the shares on this server.

EXAMPLES

    # 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/

BUGS

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).

VERSION

This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.

AUTHOR

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.

The smbget manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij.