The Protocol Commands: SFTP and SCP

TIBCO Enterprise Administrator server supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) commands.

  • The SFTP command: when you get connected to SFTP using an SFTP-compliant terminal, you can use the help command at the prompt to get the detailed usage of SFTP. 
    C:\>psftp -P 2222 admin@localhost
admin@localhost's password:
Remote working directory is /

psftp> help
!      run a local command
bye    finish your SFTP session
cd     change your remote working directory
chmod  change file permissions and modes
close  finish your SFTP session but do not quit PSFTP
del    delete files on the remote server
dir    list remote files
exit   finish your SFTP session
get    download a file from the server to your local machine
help   give help
lcd    change local working directory
lpwd   print local working directory
ls     list remote files
mget   download multiple files at once
mkdir  create directories on the remote server
mput   upload multiple files at once
mv     move or rename file(s) on the remote server
open   connect to a host
put    upload a file from your local machine to the server
pwd    print your remote working directory
quit   finish your SFTP session
reget  continue downloading files
ren    move or rename file(s) on the remote server
reput  continue uploading files
rm     delete files on the remote server
rmdir  remove directories on the remote server
psftp>
    The following example is of uploading and downloading a file: 
    psftp> put /Users/myname/a.txt 
Uploading /Users/myname/a.txt to /a.txt 
/Users/myname/a.txt 100% 934 0.9KB/s 00:00 
psftp> ls 
a.txt 
psftp> get a.txt 
Fetching /a.txt to a.txt 
/a.txt
    Note: If you are using IPv6 addresses, assuming that the IP address of the machine is 10::4, the syntax of sftp command to be used is: 
    sftp -P 2222 admin@[10::4]
    You can use the above command with or without the square brackets around the IP address.
  • The SCP Command: When you get connected to SCP using an SCP-compliant terminal, you can use the help command at the prompt to get the detailed usage of SCP. 
    C:\>pscp
PuTTY Secure Copy client
Release 0.63
Usage: pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
       pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
       pscp [options] -ls [user@]host:filespec
Options:
  -V        print version information and exit
  -pgpfp    print PGP key fingerprints and exit
  -p        preserve file attributes
  -q        quiet, don't show statistics
  -r        copy directories recursively
  -v        show verbose messages
  -load sessname  Load settings from saved session
  -P port   connect to specified port
  -l user   connect with specified username
  -pw passw login with specified password
  -1 -2     force use of particular SSH protocol version
  -4 -6     force use of IPv4 or IPv6
  -C        enable compression
  -I key    private key file for authentication
  -noagent  disable use of Pageant
  -agent    enable use of Pageant
  -batch    disable all interactive prompts
  -unsafe   allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS)
  -sftp     force use of SFTP protocol
  -scp      force use of SCP protocol
    The following example is about uploading a file: 
    C:\>pscp -scp -P 2222 /TEA/a.xml admin@localhost:/a.xml
admin@localhost's password:
a.xml | 5 kB |   5.0 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:10 | 100%

C:\>
Note: If you are using IPv6 addresses, assuming that the IP address of the machine is 10::4, the syntax of scp command to be used is: 
scp -P 2222 admin@[10::4]:<filename>
Remember that with IPv6 addresses, scp -P 2222 admin@10::4:<filename> is not supported.
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