# bbftp-client を Homebrew でインストール

bbftp-client のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:bbftp-client
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bbftp-client
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:bbftp-client
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 3.2.1
- **ソース概要:** Secure file transfer software, optimized for large files
- **ホームページ:** <https://gitlab.in2p3.fr/cc-in2p3-hpss-service/bbftp>
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- bbftp (エイリアス)
- bbftpstatus (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 3.2.1
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

bbFTP is IN2P3's secure file-transfer software for large files. It implements its own protocol, supports multi-stream transfers, large TCP windows, compression, retries, and authentication modes aimed at scientific-computing environments.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The official overview says bbFTP was written by Gilles Farrache at the IN2P3 Computing Center in Lyon, France. The download archive shows public 1.9.x releases by 2000, with the 2.x and 3.x lines adding certificate authentication, RFIO/HPSS-oriented large-file work, passive mode, remote operations, and platform ports.

The 3.2.1 documentation was generated in February 2013 and lists 3.2.1 as the latest release. The newer IN2P3 GitLab repository preserves the project under the CC-IN2P3 HPSS service namespace.

### 採用の歴史

bbFTP's adoption history is more institutional than mass-market: its feature set and official docs target large scientific data transfers, HPSS/RFIO storage, grid-style certificate authentication, and Unix platforms such as Scientific Linux, Ubuntu, macOS, and Solaris.

### 使われ方

Users run the `bbftp` client to transfer files larger than 2 GB, often with multiple data streams, retry behavior, customized timeouts, and secure authentication. `bbftpstatus`, added in the 3.2.0 line, provides status queries for the transfer system.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

bbFTP is significant as a pre-cloud, research-computing file-transfer package: it solved a real package-manager problem for sites moving very large files before modern object stores and ubiquitous HTTPS tooling. Its formula also demonstrates how Homebrew carries niche scientific infrastructure clients, not just desktop developer tools.

### タイムライン

- 2000-08-29: Download archive lists bbftp.v.1.9.0.
- 2001-04-05: Version 2.0.0 archive published.
- 2003-04-01: Version 3.0.0 released.
- 2004-07-22: Version 3.1.0 released with remote operations and site configuration files.
- 2005-05-30: Version 3.2.0 released with `bbftpstatus` and Darwin port work.
- 2013-02-07: Version 3.2.1 released as the latest listed release.

### Related projects

- Related projects include GridFTP, scp, rsync, lftp, HPSS/RFIO tooling, and other high-throughput scientific data-transfer clients.

### ソース

- <https://bbftp.cc.in2p3.fr/download.html>
- <https://bbftp.cc.in2p3.fr/history.html>
- <https://bbftp.cc.in2p3.fr/index.html>
- <https://gitlab.in2p3.fr/cc-in2p3-hpss-service/bbftp>


## セキュリティノート

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger リスク:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.bbftprc, /etc/bbftp.conf

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bbftp-client.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bbftp-client.yml)


## ソース

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
