Need something like WinSCP for unix environment for SSH2 file transfer

Unix's ssh is shipped with 'scp' command. But it's command line interface only. Do You need windows?

I need UNIX. Can you give me an example using scp command in UNIX

Thanks

How do I path the private key along with the command?

-i /path/to/private/key # it have to be RO for running user

what is RO ?

when I use -i /path/to/private/key as mentioned above, I am getting "Not a directory". Can you tell me why?

read-only

You are not using the literal
-i /path/to/private/key
Do You? You have to put there path to Your keyfile

what is a literal. Below is what I am doing. Please let me know if I am doing incorrect?

scp myfile userid@hostname:myfile1-i /local/private/keyfile

where "myname" is the file on the local system that you wish to copy, userid@hostname is the userid and hostname where you wish to copy it, and "myfile1" is the name I want to call the file on the remote system. "keyfile" is my private key I want to exchange.

> /local/private/keyfile
And it's valid path?
ls -l /local/private/keyfile

also, You may try: scp -vvv ...same options...

I did "ls -l /local/private/keyfile" and it works fine. But when I do "-i /local/private/keyfile", it doesn't work...

What kind of unix You run?
What shows: ssh -v

Below is what I see for "ssh -v". ?

Sun_SSH_1.1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090704f
Usage: ssh [options] host [command]
Options:
  -l user     Log in using this user name.
  -n          Redirect input from /dev/null.
  -F config   Config file (default: ~/.ssh/config).
  -A          Enable authentication agent forwarding.
  -a          Disable authentication agent forwarding (default).
  -X          Enable X11 connection forwarding.
  -x          Disable X11 connection forwarding (default).
  -i file     Identity for public key authentication (default: ~/.ssh/identity)
  -t          Tty; allocate a tty even if command is given.
  -T          Do not allocate a tty.
  -v          Verbose; display verbose debugging messages.
              Multiple -v increases verbosity.
  -V          Display version number only.
  -q          Quiet; don't display any warning messages.
  -f          Fork into background after authentication.
  -e char     Set escape character; ``none'' = disable (default: ~).
  -c cipher   Select encryption algorithm
  -m macs     Specify MAC algorithms for protocol version 2.
  -p port     Connect to this port.  Server must be on the same port.
  -L listen-port:host:port   Forward local port to remote address
  -R listen-port:host:port   Forward remote port to local address
              These cause ssh to listen for connections on a port, and
              forward them to the other side by connecting to host:port.
  -D port     Enable dynamic application-level port forwarding.
  -C          Enable compression.
  -N          Do not execute a shell or command.
  -g          Allow remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports.
  -1          Force protocol version 1.
  -2          Force protocol version 2.
  -4          Use IPv4 only.
  -6          Use IPv6 only.
  -o 'option' Process the option as if it was read from a configuration file.
  -s          Invoke command (mandatory) as SSH2 subsystem.
  -b addr     Local IP address.

I can see -i option is/should_be supported. I don't know why it will not work.
try: ssh -vvv ..., maybe it will print some info why reading the file fails

I have tried that it gives me the same result ?

If you have a GUI on that system, such as nautilus for GNOME, you can simply type this into your address bar: ssh://userid@hostname and then browse the remote system just like WinSCP would.

I have learned that our network does not allow using SCP for external transfer of files?
When I use the below mentioned command....it doesn't work.
scp -t -d " + remoteTargetDirectory

Since SCP is not permissable, can you suggest an alternative that would do similar job?