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Old 02-13-2009
How to perform sftp

I am trying to move some transfers from ftp to sftp and have successfully established the connectivity betweeen Unix and Windows host however i am not able to transfer the file .

i am trying
Code:
sftp filename user@host:/dir/filename

if i try this i get
ssh filename :Name or service not known

any ideas , i need transfer to be performed by a single command ?
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Old 02-13-2009
read the manpage!

Code:
sftp [[user@]host[:file [file]]]

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