Copying a local file from Windows to a remote server using scp [closed]

Question

So, I'm attempting to simply transfer folder of files from my local computer to a server via ssh and scp. After sudoing I'm using the command as follows:

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

I get the error:

ssh: C: Name or service not known

I'm guessing its 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.