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When I try downloading a file from my server onto my computer, it actually downloads the file onto the server.

(Note I am already SSH'd into my server before typing this command. I've watched tutorials on YouTube and people are using their terminal without SSHing into any particular server, however I don't think I can do this with PuTTY on Windows?)

The problem is that I am specifying the location to download the file as only ~/Desktop/

This creates a folder called Desktop in my server, instead of copying the files onto my local desktop.

I'd greatly appreciate any assistance.

Update:

I am able to use this command on Linux.

I have successfully download the folder onto my desktop:

I still need insight onto how I can do this on a Windows machine.

Martin Prikryl

5 Answers

There's no way to initiate a file transfer back to/from local Windows from a SSH session opened in PuTTY window.

Though PuTTY supports connection-sharing.

While you still need to run a compatible file transfer client (pscp or psftp), no new login is required, it automatically (if enabled) makes use of an existing PuTTY session.

To enable the sharing see:
Sharing an SSH connection between PuTTY tools.

Even without connection-sharing, you can still use the psftp or pscp from Windows command line.

See How to use PSCP to copy file from Unix machine to Windows machine ...?

Note that the scp is OpenSSH program. It's primarily *nix program, but you can run it via Windows Subsystem for Linux or get a Windows build from Win32-OpenSSH.

If you really want to download the files to a local desktop, you have to specify a target path as %USERPROFILE%Desktop (what typically resolves to a path like C:UsersusernameDesktop).

Alternative way is to use WinSCP, a GUI SFTP/SCP client. While you browse the remote site, you can anytime open SSH terminal to the same site using Open in PuTTY command.
See Opening Session in PuTTY.

With an additional setup, you can even make PuTTY automatically navigate to the same directory you are browsing with WinSCP.
See Opening PuTTY in the same directory.

(I'm the author of WinSCP)

Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl

try this scp -r -P2222 kwazy@mywebsite.com:/home2/kwazy/www/utrecht-connected.nl /Desktop

Another easier option if you're going to be pulling files left and right is to just use an SFTP client like WinSCP. Then you're not typing out 100 characters every time you want to pull something, just drag and drop.

Edit: Just noticed /Desktop probably isn't where you're looking to download the file to. Should be something like C:UsersyouDesktop

if you install git with git bash, you get SCP available on windows.

If your server have a http service you can compress your directory and download the compressed file.

Compress:

Download throught your browser:

If you don't have direct access to the server ip, do a ssh tunnel throught putty, and forward the 80 port in some local port, and you can download the file.

You can use the WinSPC program. Its access to any server is pretty easy. The program gives its guide too. I hope it's helpfull.

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PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham.
These protocols are all used to run a remote session on a computer, over a network. PuTTY 64 bit implements the client end of that session: the end at which the session is displayed, rather than the end at which it runs.
In really simple terms: you run PuTTY

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on a Windows machine, and tell it to connect to (for example) a Unix machine. The app opens a window. Then, anything you type into that window is sent straight to the Unix machine, and everything the Unix machine sends back is displayed in the window. So you can work on the Unix machine as if you were sitting at its console, while actually sitting somewhere else.
This download includes the following tools:

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• PuTTY (the Telnet and SSH client itself)
• PSCP (an SCP client, i.e. command-line secure file copy)
• PSFTP (an SFTP client, i.e. general file transfer sessions much like FTP)
• PuTTYtel (a Telnet-only client)
• Plink (a command-line interface to the PuTTY back ends)
• Pageant (an SSH authentication agent for PuTTY, PSCP and Plink)
• PuTTYgen (an RSA and DSA key generation utility).

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