SCP: Copy file from remote linux server onto a windows machine?

Tony Empire · 04-22-2005, 11:32 PM

I have used the scp to copy files from a remote linux box in my home to a mac at my job with no problem. I would like to do the same thing with a PC. I want to copy files from a remote linux box in my home onto my work PC running win xp. I am running a shell (bash)from the windows machine and I log into the linux machine. I want to copy the files from linux machine to windows pc and vice versa. What is the exact command to do such a thing?

Help me out please!

Red Hat btw, latest version I beleive

Tony Empire · 04-22-2005, 11:41 PM

ps, if your wondering why... I want to creat a script that will be kept in a file on my linux box that will automatically compare files on both the win and linux machine, and then pull the most recently updated ones from the win machine to the linux, and vise vera.

viperlugr · 04-25-2005, 09:46 AM

you can use winscp. It use the sftp which is part of ssh. So if your linux machine run ssh then its easy to have access to your files. Check this link http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

bdox · 04-25-2005, 03:53 PM

Use ssh or sftp (or just ftp)...

viperlugr · 04-27-2005, 12:33 PM

just start the ssh then download this program to your windows machine and connect to the linux machine.

Tony Empire · 05-02-2005, 03:27 PM

I am slow... lol. I dont get it.
WinSCP or Sftp are they commands/programs already in the ssh shell or linux system? When I man winscp I get nothing. when I man sftp I get a page but dont understand how to use it.

I just want to enter in some shell commands to download files from linux server (when logged into server remotely) to windows system (which will be local).

Linux~Powered · 05-02-2005, 03:41 PM

SSH, SCP, and SFTP are all programs that should already be installed on your box. Just type their name in the terminal to use either one of them.

Code:

scp foo.bar user@usraddress:/home/usr

Or just sftp to the users box.

Code:

sftp user@address

Code:

man sftp  man scp man ssh

Tony Empire · 05-02-2005, 04:21 PM

Okay, this is what I am doing...
I am on a windows xp machine. I use putty to log into a linux machine. I then want to copy files from that linux machine to the windows machine. Can you please give me a step by sep guide on how to do this?

pjbii · 05-25-2005, 07:10 PM

go to your winders box and open a command prompt (start -> run -> "cmd" enter for XP) cd to where pscp.exe is installed (most likely c:\program files\PuTTy)

# pscp -l <user_name> c:\location\of\file linuxServername:/home/user

example:

# pscp -l user1 c:\ftp\picture.jpg slacker1:/home/user1/pics

(where # is the prompt, -l is used to specify username, slacker1 is the linux box, user1 is your linux user name)

HTH

pjbii

vovaNux · 07-10-2008, 12:56 AM

This article could help you to copy your files: http://www.lampdocs.com/blog/2008/07...ght-commander/

chrism01 · 07-11-2008, 01:17 AM

Copy from Linux to MS (current dir), using putty on MS:

pscp user@box:/some/path/somefile.ext .

to another MS dir

pscp user@box:/some/path/somefile.ext C:\somems\mspath\msfname.ext

vovaNux · 08-18-2008, 11:25 PM

Example given doesn't work on CentOS. I get -bash: pscp: command not found
when trying to run the command. I think it's easiear to use Winscp to copy files from a linux to a windows machine and back

billymayday · 08-18-2008, 11:35 PM

This is a 3 year old thread guys.

pscp is a windows program from putty

pranky · 08-13-2010, 04:25 AM

Hey check this.

http://pankajdangi.com/2010/08/how-t...-remotely-scp/

kuldeep · 01-05-2012, 04:42 AM

Hi,

I am able to copy the file from window machine to linux machine via winscp but i wanted to know is there any command by which i can copy the file from linux machine to windows machine.
Please help if anyone know about the same.
Thanks in Advance.
Cheers,
Kuldeep