File Transfers with SFTP

Command Line (UNIX, Mac OS)

1. Bring up a command prompt
   1. On MacOS - use the Terminal application in Applications - Utilities
   2. On CNF Thin - use XTerm in Applications - CNF Applications

2. Type in:
   
   

   sftp remote_username@remote_host

   substituting in your username on the remote computer and the hostname of the remote computer in the above command, as appropriate.

3. You will get an sftp> prompt on the remote computer.
4. Use standard UNIX file and directory commands to change directories, create directories, and create folders.
   1. Precede the command with an exclamation mark and a space to execute the command on the local computer filesystem instead of the remote computer filesystem.