Configure SAMBA on your linux machine and make the directory shared which you want to copy

then simply access your linux machine from windows

for further help on how to configure samba use the help of your best friend GOOGLE

You can use my examples post #11; type them on the MS box as pscp is a windows cli (actually putty) cmd.
Alternatively, use filezilla http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

Here is what I found was the quickest way to use the command line transfer a file from a linux server to my windows box (much like scp):

-Download pscp

-Navigate your command prompt to the folder where the downloaded pscp application lives

-Run this command: pscp -l username -pw password yourlinuxboxIPaddress.com:/home/some/path/file.txt . (don't miss the dot at the end, which is the target location for the file you are transferring, feel free to change this to put the file where you want it)

-If you access your linux box from a specific port (i.e. 23), then use the -P option (-P 23) in the above command

-Your file will be in the folder where you issued the command


Hope this helps anyone else trying to copy files with the command line. For the easiest way to transfer files from a linux box to a window box in general, I recommend WinSCP.

I think what he's wanting to do is be on the linux box, and copy from the linux box to the windows box without getting on said windows box. I am also curious on how to do this.

@Predatorian: that's just basic scp, but the target MSWin box must have a listening ssh service ie you're doing a 'push' from Linux to MS.
If you do a 'pull' from the the MS box when logged into the MS box, then the ssh server has to be on the Linux box.

Thanks chrism01 for the solution using pscp!
ref: Files from Linux system to Windows

No worries.
Its really a qn of being very clear about which OS you are actually logged into when you issue the cmd.
Eg logging into Linux from MS, then issuing the cmd at the Linux prompt means not using pscp