How can I copy files with SSH?

I am trying to copy a file from my other computer, to another computer. (both running Ubuntu 9.10)

So, I've ssh'ed into the other computer; I cd to the directory; and I entered cp File.zip /home/me/Desktop as file.zip is located in the directory I just used cd with.

Now, it gives me the following error message:

cannot create regular file '/home/me/Desktop': no such file or directory

What do I have to do?

Solution 1:

This isn't really programming related, but you can use scp to do this.

scp file.zip remote-box-name:/path/to/destination/file.zip

If your username is different on the remote box, you will need to prefix it:

scp file.zip yourusername@remotebox:/path/to/destination/file.zip

And to retrieve a file you could do this:

scp remotebox:/path/to/destination/file.zip file.zip

Solution 2:

1. On machine A, open two terminal windows

2. On machine A, ssh to machine B. Look around, find the path on machine B to the file you wish to copy

3. On machine A, the second terminal window type:

scp yourusername@remotebox:/path/to/destination/file.zip /home/me/Desktop

The file should be copied from machine B to machine A, in to the /home/me/Desktop folder (if the folder exists on Machine A

You can't copy over the existing ssh session. You need to create a second session. As others have noted:

• yourusername is for Machine B, and is only needed if the username for Machine B is different than on Machine A

• remotebox can be a resolvable name or an IP address

Alternatives:

• Places -> Connect to Server, and then select Service Type of SSH from the pulldown menu of the Connect to Server dialog box