There's something about PuTTY--pscp

(How to use scp between Windows and Linux?)

PuTTY, a powerful and useful telnet, ssh client for Windows. Besides the termial function, PuTTY also provides a couple of tools to use. Here, I'll briefly address the useage of pscp, a PuTTY version scp.

Again, this is served for my own knowledge base.

-----Begin of Environment Description-----

Windows XP as a local client.

Two Linux as remote servers.

One Linux server can use id/password to login.

Another Linux must use public key authentication to login.

-----End of Environment Description-----

Initiate a command mode.

Set the path to the PuTTY directory.

set PATH=C:\path\to\putty\directory;%PATH%

E.g: C:\tmp>set PATH=C:\Green Softwares\putty\putty-v0.60;%PATH%

So that, you can run pscp in command mode no matter which direcotry you currently in.

-----Bengin of Basic PSCP Operation-----

Linux before scp

[root@saint_linux ~]# pwd
/root
[root@saint_linux ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg install.log list.txt
Desktop install.log.syslog scsrun.log
[root@saint_linux ~]#

To send a file to remote server:

Usage: pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target

E.g. Send test.txt to saint_linux

C:\tmp>pscp test.txt root@saint_linux:/root
root@192.168.1.150's password: <== Enter password here
test.txt 0 kB 0.0 kB/s ETA: 00:00:00 100%

C:\tmp>

Check Linux:

[root@saint_linux ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg install.log list.txt test.txt <== text.txt
Desktop install.log.syslog scsrun.log

To copy a file from the remote server:

Usage: pscp [options] [user@]host:source target

E.g. Copy list.txt from saint_linux

C:\tmp>pscp root@saint_linux:/root/list.txt c:\tmp
root@192.168.1.150's password:
list.txt 2 kB 2.2 kB/s ETA: 00:00:00 100%

Check local client:

C:\tmp>dir
磁碟區 C 中的磁碟沒有標籤。
磁碟區序號: 90BB-8087

C:\tmp 的目錄

2008/12/29 下午 06:26 <DIR> .
2008/12/29 下午 06:26 <DIR> ..
2008/12/29 下午 01:55 23,609 list-keys.txt
2008/12/29 下午 06:19 2,214 list.txt <== list.txt copied
2008/12/29 下午 12:04 8,401 pgpkeytool.txt
2008/08/22 下午 05:51 43,069,066 starcraft_II_fansite_kit.zip
2008/12/29 上午 11:20 19 test.txt
2008/12/19 上午 10:48 1,864,560 WindowsXP-KB960714-x86-CHT.exe
6 個檔案 44,967,869 位元組
2 個目錄 2,639,720,448 位元組可用

-----End of Basic PSCP Operation-----

-----Begin of PSCP with Public Key Authentication-----

First, setting up the session properly and then save it.

Set your private key to be loaded

Set Auto Login

When ready, click Save to save this session

To send a file to remote server:

C:\tmp>pscp test.txt PGP3:/root
test.txt 0 kB 0.0 kB/s ETA: 00:00:00 100%

To copy a file from the remote server:

C:\tmp>pscp PGP3:/root/pgpkeytool.txt c:\tmp
pgpkeytool.txt 8 kB 8.2 kB/s ETA: 00:00:00 100%

-----End of PSCP with Public Key Authentication-----