---
name: "cadaver"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cadaver"
version: "0.28-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cadaver"
---

# cadaver(1)

A command-line WebDAV client for Unix.

## NAME

cadaver - A command-line WebDAV client for Unix.

## SYNOPSIS

cadaver \[-trp\[-r file\]\[-p host\[:port\]\]\]\[-V\]\[-h\] URL

## DESCRIPTION

**cadaver** supports file upload, download, on-screen display, namespace operations (move and copy), collection creation and deletion, and locking operations.

Its operation is similar to the standard BSD  [**ftp**(1)](/ftp/1.md) client and the Samba Project's  [**smbclient**(1)](/smbclient/1.md). A user familiar with these tools should be quite comfortable with cadaver.

**cadaver** supports automatically logging in to servers requiring authentication via a .netrc file (similar to [**ftp**(1)](/ftp/1.md) - see section "THE .netrc FILE" below).

## OPTIONS

The **URL** passed must be an absolute URI using the http: or https URL scheme.

- \-t, --tolerant

  Allow cd/open into non-WebDAV enabled collection; use if the server or proxy server has WebDAV compliance problems.

- \-r, --rcfile=file

  Use this rcfile rather than the default of  *~/.cadaverrc*

- \-p, --proxy=host\[:port\]

  Connect using the proxy host "host" and optional proxy port "port".

- \-V, --version

  Display version information and exit.

- \-h, --help

  Display this help message and exit.

## COMMAND REFERENCE

- ls \[path\]

  List contents of current \[or other\] collection

- cd path

  Change to specified collection

- pwd

  Display name of current collection

- put local \[remote\]

  Upload local file

- get remote \[local\]

  Download remote resource

- mget remote...

  Download many remote resources

- mput local...

  Upload many local files

- edit resource

  Edit given resource

- less remote...

  Display remote resource through pager

- mkcol remote...

  Create remote collection(s)

- cat remote...

  Display remote resource(s)

- delete remote...

  Delete non-collection resource(s)

- rmcol remote...

  Delete remote collections and ALL contents

- copy source... dest

  Copy resource(s) from source to dest

- move source... dest

  Move resource(s) from source to dest

- lock resource

  Lock given resource

- unlock resource

  Unlock given resource

- discover resource

  Display lock information for resource

- steal resource

  Steal lock token for resource

- showlocks

  Display list of owned locks

- propnames res

  Names of properties defined on resource

- chexec \[+\|-\] remote

  Change isexecutable property of resource

- propget res \[propname\]

  Retrieve properties of resource

- propset res propname value

  Set property on resource

- set \[option\] \[value\]

  Set an option, or display options

- open URL

  Open connection to given URL

- close

  Close current connection

- quit

  Exit program

- unset \[option\] \[value\]

  Unsets or clears value from option.

- lcd \[directory\]

  Change local working directory

- lls \[options\]

  Display local directory listing

- lpwd

  Print local working directory

- logout

  Logout of authentication session

- help \[command\]

  Display help message

## THE .netrc FILE

The file *~/.netrc* may be used to automatically login to a server requiring authentication. The following tokens (separated by spaces, tabs or newlines) may be used:

**machine** *host*

Identify a remote machine *host* which is compared with the hostname given on the command line or as an argument to the **open** command. Any subsequent tokens up to the end of file or the next **machine** or **default** token are associated with this entry.

**default**

This is equivalent to the **machine** token but matches any hostname. Only one **default** token may be used and it must be after all **machine** tokens.

**login** *username*

Specifies the username to use when logging in to the remote machine.

**password** *string*\
 **passwd** *string*

Specifies the password to use when logging in to the remote machine.

Any other tokens (as described in [ftp(1)](/ftp/1.md)) are ignored.

## EXAMPLES

- cadaver http://myserver.example.com/

  Connects to the server myserver.example.com, opening the root collection.

- cadaver http://zope.example.com:8022/Users/fred/

  Connects to the server zope.example.com using port 8022, opening the collection "/Users/fred/".

- cadaver https://secure.example.com/

  Connects to a server called secure.example.com using SSL.

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  ## FILES

- \~/.cadaverrc

  Individual user settings that can override cadaver defaults and to script cadaver. Can be changed by the "--rcfile" option.

- \~/.netrc

  Login and initialization information used by the auto-login process. See section "THE .netrc FILE" for details.

## AUTHOR

Joe Orton \<https://github.com/notroj/cadaver\>

## SEE ALSO

[ftp(1)](/ftp/1.md), [smbclient(1)](/smbclient/1.md)