How to download a file from my server using SSH (using PuTTY on Windows)

Question

When I try downloading a file from my server onto my computer, it actually downloads the file onto the server.

(Note I am already SSH\'d into my server before typing

Answer 1

If your server have a http service you can compress your directory and download the compressed file.

Compress:

tar -zcvf archive-name.tar.gz -C directory-name .

Download throught your browser:

http://the-server-ip/archive-name.tar.gz

If you don't have direct access to the server ip, do a ssh tunnel throught putty, and forward the 80 port in some local port, and you can download the file.