Getting and Using WinSCP
First, there is a tool on campus Windows machines (or can be downloaded ) the icon looks like
Login
To open a session, double click on the icon and then you need to tell it what Unix machine you are connecting to.In the example, we see ect-unix.ecst.csuchico.edu - this is a good choice to be safe since ect-unix.ecst.csuchico.edu should always work as the default server.
Do not save your password unless you are on a machine that only you have access to.
If someone else already saved their information, WinSCP may open up looking like
In this case, simply choose New and you will get the original window above
The tool will open up a window with two sides. On the left side is access to the machine you are currently on.
Using the mouse or using the icons or using the F commands, you can edit files and/or move or copy things from one to the other machine
Transfering files (secure FTP) is easy; you simple "drag" a file from on side to the other
It opens a page that you can edit like any other page in Windows. (You can also use the
F4 command or the Files menu bar item to choose edit.)
Note the top left icons. If you scan your mouse over the icons it says what they do.
To create a new file, first get into the directory that you want to place the file, then under
the Files menu bar item, choose edit new file.
It will then prompt you for a name for the new file and open a window for you to start writing the file.
On the right side is the machine you are connected to. (If it does not open showing the directories of both machines,
choose Options | Environment | Interface then Norton Commander. The illustrations are with
that interface.)
Work on Remote Machine (like ssh/telnet): Commands, Edits, etc.
To edit the file index.html in the directory below, choose it and then right click and choose edit:
The leftmost one exits the editor. The one next to it that looks like a floppy disk will save the edited page (after it has been saved it becomes a grey square - the floppy showing must mean that changes have been made since the last save).
Make sure to save before exiting or your edits will be lost.
On newer versions, you might see the menu on the right: Choose New then File
File Transfer
I made these pictures of using WinSCP on my Windows machine and then had to move them to Unix so I could make this web page.
See the files UnixCommands.gif, WinSCP.gif, WinSCPedit.gif on the left window? I copied them to the UNIX machine by dragging them (click and hold mouse down then slide to other side)
We used to use FTP to do this. This tool makes it quite easy and safe.
