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| ====== Moving and Duplicating Remote Files ====== | ====== Moving and Duplicating Remote Files ====== | ||
| - | With WinSCP you can manipulate remote files directly on the server without downloading them to local machine. You can particularly move or duplicate remote files to different remote directory. | + | With WinSCP you can manipulate remote files directly on the server without downloading them to local machine. You can particularly move or duplicate remote files to different remote directory. You can also duplicate a remote file to different server using local temporary copy. |
| - | ===== Moving Remote Files ===== | + | ===== [[move]] Moving Remote Files ===== |
| - | To move remote files, [[ui_file_panel#selecting_files|select them in file panel]] and then go to //File(s) > Move to//. You can also drag selected files to different directory in [[ui_file_panel|file panel]] listing or [[ui_file_panel#directory_tree|directory tree]]. | + | To move remote files, [[ui_file_panel#selecting_files|select them in file panel]] and then go to //Files > Move to//. You can also drag selected files to a different directory in [[ui_file_panel|file panel]] listing or [[ui_file_panel#directory_tree|directory tree]]. |
| - | You will be then prompted with dialog, where you can alter destination directory and specify [[operation_mask|operation mask]]. | + | You will be then prompted with the dialog, where you can alter a destination directory and specify [[operation_mask|operation mask]]. |
| - | Note that most servers does not allow moving files across different file systems. Also you may not be able to move file if the target file already exists. | + | You can also use the function to rename a group of selected files using [[operation_mask|operation mask]]. Just remove the target path, to make current directory the target. |
| - | ===== Duplicating Remote Files ===== | + | Note that most servers do not allow moving files across different file systems. |
| - | To duplicate remote files, [[ui_file_panel#selecting_files|select them in file panel]] and then go to //File(s) > Duplicate//. You can also drag selected files to different directory in [[ui_file_panel|file panel]] listing or [[ui_file_panel#directory_tree|directory tree]] while holding down ''Ctrl'' key. | + | |
| - | You will be then prompted with dialog, where you can alter destination directory and specify [[operation_mask|operation mask]]. | + | ===== [[duplicate]] Duplicating Remote Files ===== |
| + | To duplicate remote files, [[ui_file_panel#selecting_files|select them in file panel]] and then go to //Files > Duplicate//. | ||
| - | Note that duplicating files is not natively supported by [[protocols#sftp_ssh_file_transfer_protocol|SFTP protocol]]. WinSCP allows you to do so by opening [[shell_session|separate shell session]]. | + | You can also drop remote files to any [[ui_tabs|session tab]] to duplicate them. |
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| + | If you want to duplicate files to the same session, you can also drag selected files to a different directory in the [[ui_file_panel|file panel]] listing or [[ui_file_panel#directory_tree|directory tree]] while holding down the ''Ctrl'' key. | ||
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| + | Yet another option is to copy the files to the clipboard and paste them to another folder or | ||
| + | even another session. | ||
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| + | You will be then prompted with a [[ui_duplicate|Duplicate dialog]]. | ||