Thread: smbclient: Copy files from a Linux system to Windows system

Hi,

im trying to copy a file from my Linux box to windows .
my input file is = /home/user/project1/project.tar
my host is = windows username@ip address
my output path = C:\Share

so i tried,

scp /home/user/project1/project.tar windows username@ip address C:\Share,

and got errored.i couldnt find the error .can anyone please explain what the error and please the solution as well.

Thanks,
Inshaf

Hi,
scp uses ssh for data transfer and its required SSH server, you can install OpenSSH with Cygwin can run on Windows

Or if you need a graphical solution. Take a look at winscp:
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Turn on sharing on C:\Share on Windows. Login to your Linux server and use the samba client called

First, log in to a share on Windows (IP 192.168.1.10):

Code:

smbclient -U username //192.168.1.10/share

To copy local file to share:

Code:

put /path/to/project.tar