Putty SCP or PSCP

Introduction

PSCP is PuTTY SCP or PuTTY Secure Copy of files to/from a local computer to a remote server or server node, or secure copy of files between servers or server nodes.

Generally, we recommend the following over PSCP:

If your instructor really wants someone to use PSCP to copy files, or you simply are curious or have a different need that PSCP could assist with, feel free to proceed, but the above options are usually easier.

PSCP PuTTY - set env variables

  1. Search "Control Panel" from the Search bar.
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  2. Clicked "Edit the system environment variables" from the “System” session.
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  3. Choose "Advanced" from the top menu bar.
    Then choose "Environment Variables" at the bottom right. 
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  4. Check the path address of user variables.
    Clicked the "Edit" button under the "System variables" session.
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  5. Choose the path of PuTTY then clicked "Edit".
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Video Instructions

Written Instructions

The following Cornell University website has excellent written instructions for using PSCP.