How can I copy folders using sftp? [closed]

Question

I wanted to know if there is an option in sftp by which I could copy a folder from a remote machine to local machine.

thanks

Answer 1

On Linux you should be able to copy files directly using following command.

scp -r <remote-ip>:<remote-directory> <local-target-directory>

Or you can mount the SFTP directory on local machine:

sshfs <remote-ip>:<remote-directory> <mount-directory>