# 使用 Homebrew 安装 bbftp-client

查看 bbftp-client 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

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

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

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

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:bbftp-client
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 3.2.1
- **来源摘要:** Secure file transfer software, optimized for large files
- **主页:** <https://gitlab.in2p3.fr/cc-in2p3-hpss-service/bbftp>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- bbftp (别名)
- bbftpstatus (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 3.2.1
## 项目历史与用法

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.

### 项目历史

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.

### 采用历史

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.

### 使用方式

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.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

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.

### 时间线

- 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.

### 来源

- <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>


## 安全说明

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

- **Geiger 风险:** 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)


## 来源

- 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