sftp

Updated: September 28, 2024

Sftp is an interactive file transfer program performed securely through ssh transport.


SECURE FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

# initiate the protocol after ssh keys are setup
sftp root@192.168.0.1

# websites are kept in /var/www/html

###############->>> to the server

# to place a file from your desktop into the server dir
put Desktop/index.html

# in order to move dir from desktop to server we need to make dir of same name
put -r Desktop/Books

###############->>> from the server

# to download a file from server to Desktop
get index.html Desktop/index.html

# to download a dir from server to Desktop while in html dir
get -r html Desktop