Downloading a File to a PC Not in Carson

• Windows
• MacOS
• Unix/Linux

Windows

Try each of these procedures in turn until one of them works (ordered most preferred first, least preferred last).

• PSFTP
• Secure Copy from PowerShell (Windows 10) or Terminal (Windows 11)
• WinSCP
• Filezilla

PSFTP
(MOST PREFERRED method)

1. Installation ON YOUR OWN PC
   1. In your web browser, go to the PuTTY download page:
      http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

   2. Go to the second section of downloads, labeled
      Alternative binary files

   3. In that section, right-click on the 64-bit version of
      psftp.exe
      and from the menu that pops up, select
      Save Link As
      (or similar).

   4. Save psftp.exe to your Windows desktop.

2. Running
   1. You can run PSFTP just by double-clicking on the PSFTP icon on your desktop.

   2. See the instructions in the PP#1 specification, pages 18-20.

Secure Copy from PowerShell (Windows 10) or Terminal (Windows 11)

1. In the far bottom left corner of the screen, click on the Start menu (Microsoft Windows icon).

2. In the popup menu that comes up, scroll the menu down to near the bottom, and, for Windows 10, click on:
   Windows PowerShell
   (Its icon will be a little folder.)
   OR, for Windows 11, click on:
   Terminal

3. In Windows 10, this will expand the options under
   Windows PowerShell
   Under that folder icon, indented slightly, click on either
   Windows PowerShell
   OR
   Windows PowerShell (x86)
   In Windows 11, the Terminal window will pop up, so no extra steps are needed.

4. The Windows PowerShell window (in Windows 10) or the Terminal window (in Windows 11) will appear.
   Click on the interior of the Windows PowerShell window in Windows 10 (the blue part), or the Terminal window in Windows 11 (the black part).

5. At the local Unix prompt, enter:
   cd Desktop

6. At the local Unix prompt, enter:
   scp yourusername@ssh.ou.edu:CS1313/filename_you_want_to_download.txt .
   NOTICE THE PERIOD at the end of this command, which is VERY IMPORTANT.

7. Close the Windows PowerShell window, either by clicking on the X (close) icon in the upper right of the window, or by entering, at the Unix prompt,
   exit

WinSCP

1. Installation ON YOUR OWN PC
   1. In your browser, go to the WinSCP website:
      http://winscp.net/

   2. Click on
      DOWNLOAD NOW

   3. Click on
      DOWNLOAD WINSCP X.X.X (X MB)
      (where X.X.X is the version number and X MB is the file size).

   4. This will pop up a window to download the installation wizard, so choose to save it to your desktop (or wherever you like) if necessary. When it's done downloading, you may need to click Close, depending on the web browser you use.

   5. Go to where you downloaded the file to.
      You'll find an icon named WinSCP###setup (except ### will actually be the version number), which looks like a little computer and a CD.
      The filename may end in .exe but not necessarily.

   6. Double-click on the winscp###setup icon.

   7. You may get a popup window asking you for permission to run the installation wizard.
      If so, give permission.
      (This may require typing a password, depending onn how your PC is configured.)

   8. Follow the directions in the setup wizard.

   9. After you've completed the installation, you can delete the winscp###setup file if you want, either by moving it to your Recycle Bin, or by right clicking on it and selecting Delete from the menu.

2. Running
   1. To run WinSCP, you can access it from the Windows start menu (in the lower left corner of your screen).
      Or, if you now have a WinSCP icon on your desktop, you can double-click that.
      This will pop up the Login window, with the WinSCP window behind that.

   2. In the Login window, under File Protocol, select
      SFTP
      OR
      SCP

   3. In the text box under Host name, type:
      ssh.ou.edu

   4. In the text box under User name, type your username (that is, your OU4+4).

   5. DON'T TYPE YOUR PASSWORD IN THE PASSWORD WINDOW! Storing passwords on your PC entails significant security risks.

   6. If you want to save this combination of host name and user name, click
      Save
      This will pop up a window titled Save session as site.

   7. In the Save session as site window, click
      OK

   8. In the Login window, click
      Login

   9. If a window pops up that says something about the "host key" (or any yes/no question), click
      Yes

   10. If a window pops up with an authentication banner, click
       Continue

   11. A windows will pop up that requests your password. Type your OU4+4 password and click
       OK
       or press the
       Enter
       key.

   12. You'll now get a window that looks very similar to a regular Windows folder.
       The title bar at the top of the window may say something like:
       yourusername - yourusername@ssh.ou.edu - WinSCP
       (except replacing yourusername with your OU4+4).
       Near the top of the window, click
       View
       This will pop up the View menu.

   13. In the View menu, click
       Details
       This will give you a file listing similar to what you'd see when you type the command ls -l at the Linux command line.

   14. You can upload and download files to and from this window very much like how you move files to and from a regular Windows folder, via "drag and drop," except that, when you upload or download a file, you may be asked to confirm whether you want to do so.
       If you're asked that question, click
       OK

   15. When you're done uploading and/or downloading files, you can exit WinSCP by clicking the little X in the upper right corner of the window.
       That'll pop up a window named
       Confirm
       In the Confirm window, click
       OK

FileZilla

1. Installation ON YOUR OWN PC
   1. In your browser, go to the FileZilla website:
      https://filezilla-project.org/

   2. Partway down the page, click
      Download FileZilla Client: All platforms

   3. On the Download page, under Windows (64bit x86), click
      Download FileZilla Client

   4. In the popup window, in the first column (FileZilla), click
      Download

   5. A window may pop up asking whether to save the file, in which case click
      Save
      OR
      Yes
      or whatever the appropriate affirmative answer is.

   6. A window may pop up asking where to save the file, in which case save it to your desktop.

   7. On your desktop, double click on the FileZilla file icon.

   8. A window may pop up asking whether to run the program, in which case click
      Yes
      OR
      Run
      or whatever the appropriate affirmative answer is.

   9. A window may pop up asking for an adminstration password, in which case type it in.

   10. A window may pop up asking you to agree to a license agreement, in which case click
       I Agree
       or whatever the appropriate affirmative answer is.

   11. You're now in the installation wizard. Follow the instructions and give appropriate answers.

2. Running
   1. To run FileZilla, you can access it from the Windows start menu (in the lower left corner of your screen).
      Or, if you now have a FileZilla icon on your desktop, you can double-click that.
      This will pop up the FileZilla window.

   2. A window may pop up titled
      Check for Updates
      If so, install the new version.

   3. A window may pop up titled
      Welcome to FileZilla
      If so, click
      OK

   4. In the FileZilla window, near the top, in the textbox just to the right of
      Host:
      type
      ssh.ou.edu

   5. In the FileZilla window, near the top, in the textbox just to the right of
      Username:
      type your OU4+4 username.

   6. In the FileZilla window, near the top, in the textbox just to the right of
      Password:
      type your OU4+4 password.

   7. In the FileZilla window, near the top, in the textbox just to the right of
      Port:
      type
      22

   8. In the FileZilla window, near the top, click
      Quickconnect

   9. If a window pops up titled
      Remember passwords?
      click
      Do not save passwords
      Then click
      OK

   10. You should now see the files on your own PC in the left pane, and your files on ssh.ou.edu in the right pane.
       In the right pane, double-click
       CS1313

   11. You can "drag and drop" files either
       (a) between the left and right panes,
       OR
       (b) between the right pane and any open folder on your Windows PC.

   12. When you're done uploading and/or downloading files, you can exit FileZilla by clicking the little X in the upper right corner of the window.

MacOS

For MacOS, you can't use WinSCP or PSFTP, because they're only available for Windows.

Instead, you can do one or the other of the following (ordered most preferred first, least preferred last):

• Secure Copy from a Terminal Window
• Filezilla

Secure Copy from a Terminal Window
(MOST PREFERRED method)

1. Open a new Terminal window, but DON'T LOG IN TO ssh.ou.edu!

2. At the Unix prompt, enter:
   scp yourusername@ssh.ou.edu:CS1313/filename_you_want_to_download.txt .
   but replacing yourusername with your OU4+4, and replacing filename_you_want_to_download.txt with the name of the file you want to download to your MacOS PC.
   NOTICE THE PERIOD at the end of this command, which is VERY IMPORTANT.

3. At the Unix prompt, enter:
   cp filename_you_want_to_download.txt Desktop

4. Probably the file will appear on your MacOS desktop. If not, you might need to use the Finder to find your file on your MacOS PC.

FileZilla

I don't have any experience with FileZilla on MacOS, so if you want to use it, you'll need to teach yourself, but it's probably pretty similar to FileZilla on Windows, as described above.
 
But, you'll need to download the MacOS version, so after clicking on
 
Download FileZilla Client: All platforms
 
then below the green button labeled
 
Download FileZilla Client
 
click on the X (meaning MacOS X), and then click on the green button labeled
 
Download FileZilla Client

Unix/Linux

Unix/Linux will be the same as the MacOS Secure Copy from a Terminal Window option, above.

Alternatively, you can install FileZilla, using the Linux 64-bit version. It's probably similar to the MacOS instructions.