07-12-2011
The reason is this: FTP is a protocol of it's own, while SFTP is an addition to SSH. If there's no SSH server running, you won't be able to use SFTP or scp.
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pscp(1) PuTTY tool suite pscp(1)
NAME
pscp - command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client
SYNOPSIS
pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
pscp [options] -ls [user@]host:filespec
DESCRIPTION
pscp is a command-line client for the SSH-based SCP (secure copy) and SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) protocols.
OPTIONS
The command-line options supported by pscp are:
-V Show version information and exit.
-pgpfp Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.
-ls Remote directory listing.
-p Preserve file attributes.
-q Quiet, don't show statistics.
-r Copy directories recursively.
-unsafe
Allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS).
-v Show verbose messages.
-load session
Load settings from saved session.
-P port
Connect to port port.
-l user
Set remote username to user.
-batch Disable interactive prompts.
-pw password
Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via com-
mands such as `w').
-1 Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
-2 Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
-C Enable SSH compression.
-i path
Private key file for authentication.
-scp Force use of SCP protocol.
-sftp Force use of SFTP protocol.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information on pscp it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
BUGS
This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.
PuTTY tool suite 2004-03-24 pscp(1)