• Copying Files to a Unix Machine
• FileZilla
• Using FileZilla

Copying Files to a Unix Machine

• The Secure Transfer Protocol (SCP) is a standard for moving files securely to and from a Unix machine
• The data sent over the network between the two machines is encrypted
• Of course this only works if you have an account on the Unix machine
• You need to specify where files are coming from
• And where they are going to

FileZilla

• Software that follows the rules of SCP are called SCP clients
• FileZilla is an SCP client with a graphical user interface
• This makes it easy to move files to and from a Unix machine
• You can move a file from one machine to another by dragging it from one window to another
• There are version of FileZilla for both Windows and the Mac
• You can download them here https://filezilla-project.org
• Make sure you download the client version of FileZilla
• Not the server version

Using FileZilla

• When you open FileZilla you will see a window like this

• At the top of the window are four fields you must fill in
  • Host
  • Username
  • Password
  • Port
• Host is the domain name of the machine to which you are connecting
• We use pe15.cs.umb.edu
• In the next box, enter your Unix username
• The third box is for your password
• Enter 22 in the last box
• Your window should now look like this

• Hit the QuickConnect button
• The first time you do this, you may see a an alert box that looks like this

• Click the checkbox "Always trust this host, add this key to the cache"
• Click the OK button
• You should now see you Unix home directory on the right side of the screen

• The rectangle directly below the top four fields shows the status of your connection
• The rest of the window is split into two sections
• The section on the left shows the current directory of your machine
• The section on the right shows the current directory of the Unix machine
• The small box on top of each section gives your current path on that machine
• The large rectangle below this box gives you a graphical view of your location in the hierarchical filesystem
• The rectangle below shows the contents of your current directory
• Clicking on the triangle to the left of the directory shows its contents

• You can use the scroll bar on the right to see the entire list

• If you click on the icon of the directory you will go to that directory
• Notice that the path in the box on top has changed

• Click o the directory that holds the file you want to copy
• Now drag the file from your machine on the left to the Unix machine on the right