coping or moving files to my pc using putty

micro_xii · 05-21-2007, 12:39 AM

greetings:

Im using putty in my pc(xp) to access my server(linux). My problem is how to copy or move a file from server to my pc using putty.

General Failure · 05-21-2007, 12:47 AM

http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/...ter5.html#pscp

This question is not explicitly linux specific, is it

micro_xii · 05-21-2007, 01:56 AM

greetings

psftp> cd /usr
Remote directory is now /usr
psftp> ls
Listing directory /usr

drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 168 May 9 08:54 Mine jack
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jan 17 13:49 X11
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 168 Jan 16 02:36 X11R6

when i command this: an error occur

psftp> cd Mine jack
Directory /usr/Mine: no such file or directory

but when i command this: no problem
psftp> cd X11R6
Remote directory is now /usr/X11R6

I believe error occurs when I type a filename with 2 words such as: ls Mine jack

need help

samstar · 05-21-2007, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by micro_xii

I believe error occurs when I type a filename with 2 words such as: ls Mine jack

need help

Hi,

I think using single or double quotes around the directory name will work. I know it works in the shell, not sure if it work on ssh.

Sam