Transfer files from Linux to Windows pscp
 

Hi, i am newbie. I have problems to transfer files between Linux to Windows. Here goes mi situation.

I have already install pscp in windows, i tested it typing pscp in command line, its ok. I have read that pscp is primordial to perform the transfers.

The problem is the next: i am located in /root, trying to transfer install.log to c:\temp, doing the next: pscp.exe root@192.168.x.x: /root/install.log c:\temp
and the result is:
-bash: pscp.exe: command not found

I am searching in the internet for a solution but with no success yet. Could you help me please?

I have some advance on this. Type the next: (replace pscp for scp)

scp root@192.168.xxx.xxx:/root/install.log c:\temp

but the problem has change:

root@192.168.xx.xx's password:
ssh: Could not resolve hostname c: Name or service not known
lost connection
Connection to 192.168.xx.xx closed.

Im working on the solution, i will post here when i find it. If anyone had this problem i will be apreciate it if share the solution.

You can not transfer from linux to windows using scp without a ssh server running on the windows computer. You need to transfer the install.log using a client on the windows computer. There are windows GUI sftp clients like filezilla and winscp that are easier to use then pscp.

From your Windows command line, the syntax is

Ok. In consecuence, i downloaded freeSSHd.exe from http://www.freesshd.com/?ctt=download, i put it run, i repeat the action:

scp root@192.168.xxx.xxx:/root/install.log c:\temp

same error.

I dont use WinScp couse this is a test. The objective is transfer many files from a directory of Linux to a dir on Windows. This will be automated in crontab every minute.

Allend, i have tried your solution, its works. I apreciate both information.

Ok, now this has to be automated, i will invstigate how works it in windows, i imagine i can use programming tasks.

Other problem, when i submit the command line supplied for allend, it asked me for a password, i will try to fix it with Puttygen, i hope.

Any ideas will be grateful.

since this is a windows question it should probably in the general(non-*nix) subforum.
does windows have a cron daemon ?

If you are generating files on the Linux server that you want to be available to Windows, it might be better to create a shared directory on the Windows machine that can then be mounted on the Linux server.

Ever thought of doing this from windows, with windows's task scheduler? Advantages:

• Running an SSH server on linux is better supported than on windows
• Your server only needs to expose the files readonly to the network, not read-write.

Here are a couple of ideas.

You can also use samba (SMB/CIFS) to transfer files to a windows share.

You can automate the task using windows scheduler to run a batch file that contains the pscp command.

schneidz, originally i wanted to transfer files automatically from linux to windows, using cron, but, allend show me how to do it from command line of windows (pscp root@192.168.xxx.xxx:/root/install.log c:\temp\install.log), so, this problem has become a windows problem cause now i have to automate from windows side.

Thanks partners, i will be hovering this forum frequently.

This just worked fine for me on windows 7 computer connecting to a fedora 20 computer. There is no sshd server on windows, it's not necessary to have one to use pscp from windows. You'd only need a sshd server if you want to initiate a ssh connection from the linux machine to the windows machine.

EDIT: I missed some of the recent posts that already answered this. Sorry.