Re: how to download files from a remote unix server to a windows machine

From: Chuck Dillon (spam_at_nimblegen.com)
Date: 04/15/05

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    biomahui@gmail.com wrote:
    > how to download files from a remote unix server to a windows machine? I
    > use putty to login into the unix server.
    > People told me I needed to create a local ftp server. I did it. But I
    > still didn't find the solution to do it with the suggestions on google.
    > Can anyone give any suggestion?(including the commands)
    > Thanks!
    >
    > hui
    >

    Whatever methods that are available to you are those that the unix
    system is configured to offer. Have you asked the admin of the unix
    system (directly or indirectly) how to accomplish what you want?

    Typically admins provide an anonymous ftp site for this kind of thing.
      Where you can have the info you need placed on the site. Possibly in
    a hidden location if it is sensitive info. Then you use ftp or a
    browser to download it.

    All of the methods that Lew lists are possibilities if they are
    available on the server. In addition scp if you are using ssh to
    connect to the server you might be able to simply scp (secure copy) the
    file(s). Do you have winscp? If not, you need to get an scp client on
    your windows box to do that (e.g. http://openssh.org/).

    In the case you are talking about smallish text files it is also
    possible to just cat them to your putty screen and then copy paste
    them. If they are text that's all there is to it. If they aren't you
    can uuencode them first. Then you'll need a uudecoder on your Winders box.

    My last offering is to email them depending on how large they are.
    This could be as attachments or in-line (ref uuencode above) depending
    on the email client you have available on the unix box.

    -- ced 

    -- 
Chuck Dillon
Senior Software Engineer
NimbleGen Systems Inc.
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