How to download a file from linux machine to local windows machine?

linuxew · 01-23-2015, 10:29 AM

Hi all,
I have access to a sun server machine and need to use ftp/ SCP command to download one data file and one folder.

How I should use the command to transfer the file to my local drive so I can it to support team.

linuxew · 01-23-2015, 10:41 AM

I also tried to transfer a tar.gz file to another server:I got this error:
scp: .: not a regular file

what I tried>>To copy a file from B to A while logged into B:

scp /path/to/file username@a:/path/to/destination

Miati · 01-23-2015, 10:57 AM

Well it looks like you're trying to copy a non-regular file. This could be a directory as you mentioned.
When I do this:

Code:

scp Videos/ server

I get this

Code:

Videos: not a regular file

Per your error, it looks like you're trying to copy "." which is reference to the current directory.

To copy a directory, you need to do so recursively.

Code:

scp -r Videos/ server

yo8rxp · 01-23-2015, 11:02 AM

usage is scp path destination

example :
scp user@129.0.0.1:/home/user/Desktop/test.download path/to/windows/target

alternative you can use total commander and connect via sftp to remote machine

linuxew · 01-23-2015, 11:03 AM

scp /file/from/here/filename-2015.01.23.15.16.tar.gz username@destination IPadd:/directory of destination/folder
Password: ***************
explorer.85e97314.nb 100% |*********************************************************************************| 4130 KB 00:06

Habitual · 01-23-2015, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxew

scp /path/to/file username@a:/path/to/destination[/COLOR]

Error, does not compute.

Code:

scp /path/to/file user@host:/path/to/upload/to

is an upload.

Code:

scp user@host:/path/to/file /path/to/save/to

is a download.

GZB · 01-23-2015, 12:51 PM

and

scp someuser@somehost:/some/file/source someotheruser@someotherhost:/some/file/destination

is a copy BETWEEN two other systems.

And the scp that I'm looking does indeed have a "-r" for directory recursion.

veerain · 01-24-2015, 06:52 PM

You can use wget. curl to download via ftp. For upload you can use curl, lftp, ncftp or plain ftp.