How to Transfer Files Using SSH

Timestamps:
1:25 Linux
8:15 Windows .

[Master-ynie]

I wonder, does Windows 10 file explorer support sftp

[Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaah]

Wow, I feel like I was cheated before, no one told me it's that easy. No more need for usb-sticks, forwarding files in messengers/discord. I finally have control over my files regardless of the machine. Thank you!

[StringerNews]

Cygwin for Windows is a good choice for people who are more advanced than sitting at the desktop doing WIMP in real time only. Real power users automate tasks, and in Linux that means scripts and cron jobs. In Windows I like to use a lot of the same scripts (modified of course), and Cygwin lets me do it.

[danw]

I use WinSCP and puTTY here on a regular basis for server maintenance from a Win7 box. Simple and effective! Of course Linux has all this built-in, like you mentioned, so easy to navigate, and generally much quicker to execute right from the file manager. Nice tutorial.👍

[katrinabryce]

In Windows, if you have a folder open, you can go to File | Open Windows Powershell, and it will open a powershell at that particular folder location, which saves you from having to cd to it.

[Mokaphyyr]

This is yet another video solving a current problem of mine or others i interact with.
One of my instructors has the class connect SSH into a server. There we build a java program to solve discrete structure assignments. Insted of using nano to build programs from scratch, i would rather use an IME like DrJava or Sublime. Getting a file across SSH led me to SCP. I like your instructions here, and will probably pass this video among my piers.

[monopolymoney]

Incredibly helpful video. I bought a mac pro from 2006, loaded debian bullseye on it, and use it as an ftp server now.

[Phydoux]

Never fails. Every time I hear someone talking about something in Windows, eventually I'm going to hear the word "sucks". But the Linux stuff is exactly what I needed. Now I havd 2 ways to transfer files. Thanks!

[jameschandler]

You could make a few updates:

Linux: rsync, sshfs

Windows 10 1809+: openssh command line SSH, scp an sftp is included in the OS now... No need for Putty/WinSCP if not desired

[highflowhighflow]

Many tnx for clear up those copy methodes, i use network shared directorys in Windows, once setup the permissions it just work as local internal drives, no logins, no commands just all with explorer. Love your tshirt!

[padraigr]

Thanks Chris for this hands on video. Particularly like your OS and command line / GUI agnostic approach

[wesleymercer]

"I don't like them, mainly because they suck." You got me rolling over here dude.

[kevinklement]

Maybe mention rsync over ssh? I almost always use rsync rather than scp, to avoid recopying files that are already the same between the two machines. The syntax is basically the same otherwise if you use -av or -avP flags.

[somsuvradhar]

Very useful video.
Chris could you do a video on linux file system. Its very confusing for a new user specially with all the bins and etcs, and not a lot of youtubers have done a good job explaining them, as most have just spelt out their names. A detailed informative video from you would be fantastic

[fuseteam]

Tip: you can put the user name and ip in a ssh config file; that way you can ssh, scp, SFTP and sshfs into your remote via an alias
Like ssh propc
Or scp hello.txt propc:~

[cgw]

Another way to transfer files between computers (ones for which you have root access) is to nfs mount the home directory of each machine on the other (set it up using exportfs). You can also export other (e.g., USB) discs attached to each machine, so that you need not care what's attached to what. Then copying is seemless:
cp files/* /mountpt/remotemachinespath
For dropbox and googledrive (I know Chris isn't keen on these, but google has granted members of my university unlimited cloud storage --actually 1.0P storage according to mount) you can use rclone to mount your cloud services as directories in the same way. So copying to the googledrive is just
cp file /Gdrive/somewhere/
Though you may need to go to a browser to control sharing options.

[stephenfienberg]

I like to mount network files to /mnt through fstab. Once mounted you can just use your file explorer to copy to your heart's content. Otherwise if I want to explore other network locations, ssh to explore and scp to copy back to my machine.

[jihedbouchnak]

thank keep us update with your tutorial good job

[philswift]

2:20 this was all I needed, thanks for the great help

[yvrelna]

The SFTP protocol has nothing to do with the FTP protocol. They're two completely different protocol that just happens to share very similar name. SFTP is not just an SSH-wrapped version of FTP.

This is different from FTPS, which actually is a TLS-wrapped version of FTP.