Question

I am using Linux Suse 10 and I am a complete noob when it comes to using it that’s why I really needed some help.

The scenario is simple. I need to transfer some files from my linux server to a windows pc.

I already did this using FTP commands written inside a .scr file. Here’s the content of my Upload.scr :

ftp -n 10.*.*.* <<SCRIPT
user administrator drowssap
cd TESTDIR
binary
lcd /path/of/the/txt/file/
put TESTUpload.txt
bye
SCRIPT

And then I would call it from linux Konsole using :
bash Upload.scr

It was actually working and could successfully transfer files to my windows pc. However, what I need is to transfer the files using “psftp”.

The original code which works from windows-to-windows transfer is :

ProcessStartInfo PSI = new ProcessStartInfo("CMD.exe", "/C psftp " + UserName + "@" + IP + " -pw " + Password + " -b UpLoad.scr");

I needed to do the same to my linux-to-windows transfer (i.e. I needed to use psftp instead of just ftp or sftp).

Whenever I tried to type “psftp” on linux Konsole it would display the ff :
bash: psftp: command not found

I know there’s something missing. What should I do first to make it work? Should I install some application or .exe file into my linux server?

I really need help.
Thank you very much in advance! 🙂

Answer 1

psftp is PuTTY’s SFTP utility.

OpenSSH has one too, named simply sftp (without the p). It is very likely already installed on your Linux machine.

If you want to install PuTTY’s psftp, you just need to run:

apt-get install putty-tools

or equivalent for your distribution.