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| ===== SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) ===== | ===== SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) ===== | ||
| - | SCP is mostly used with SSH1. Protocol itself allows only file transfers in both directions. Other features of WinSCP are realized using common shell commands, like cd, ls, pwd, rm, ln, etc. For this, WinSCP, unlike command-line SCP clients, which allow only file transfers, requires full shell access and permission to execute other commands in addition to scp (see [[requirements]]). For access to non-UNIX operation system, it is necessary to have at least UNIX-like shell. One like that is for example available with [[http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/|OpenSSH for Windows]]. | + | SCP is mostly used with SSH1. SCP is an |
| + | older protocol but almost universally supported as part of an SSH | ||
| + | protocol suite. SCP is a descendant of the ancient "rcp". | ||
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| + | Protocol itself allows only file transfers in both directions. Other features of WinSCP are realized using common shell commands, like cd, ls, pwd, rm, ln, etc. For this, WinSCP, unlike command-line SCP clients, which allow only file transfers, requires full shell access and permission to execute other commands in addition to scp (see [[requirements]]). For access to non-UNIX operation system, it is necessary to have at least UNIX-like shell. One like that is for example available with [[http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/|OpenSSH for Windows]]. | ||
| ===== SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) ===== | ===== SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) ===== | ||