Question

I try to transfer a folder of files from my local computer to a server via ssh and scp. After getting sudo privileges, I’m using the command as follows:

scp -r C:/desktop/myfolder/deployments/ user@host:/path/to/whereyouwant/thefile

However, I get the following error:

ssh: C: Name or service not known

I’m guessing it is due to my syntax for C:/desktop etc. Any ideas?

BTW I’m using putty + Windows 7.

Answer 1

If your drive letter is C, you should be able to use

scp -r \desktop\myfolder\deployments\ user@host:/path/to/whereyouwant/thefile

without drive letter and backslashes instead of forward slashes.

You are using putty, so you can use pscp. It is better adapted to Windows.