The prerequisite for using WinSCP is that the host you purchase must support the SSH protocol. WinSCP can connect to remote hosts through the SFTP protocol and be presented in the form of file directories and lists. If you are very familiar with the SFTP command, you can abandon WinSCP, and the Putty command can complete all operations.

Nowadays, VPS or cloud hosts have one click installation packages and host panels, so WinSCP's role is much smaller. Apart from deleting, uploading and downloading, moving, modifying, compressing, and decompressing files, I really can't think of anything else it can do.

WinSCP tutorial

1. Open the software and enter the host's IP, username, and password, then click Save. The default file protocol is SFTP connection, and the port number is usually 22. If you have not changed the port yourself, WinSCP can also be used as an FTP tool. From the file protocol drop-down menu, select FTP.

2. Save your password, create a desktop shortcut, and you can connect directly the next time you use the shortcut.

3. When logging in for the first time, you will be prompted whether to cache to this computer. Click Yes.

4. Prompt for key login, click to indicate successful login, and the mysterious veil of Linux will be lifted. WinSCP and Putty can simultaneously manage operation hosts. If you enter a directory and return to a certain directory, using WinSCP is much more convenient than using Putty. If you want to compress files, select it and right-click to customize the command. After selecting the Tar/Gzip format, confirm and a archive. tgz compressed package will be generated. If you want to extract the. tgz file, you can use the untar/gzip command menu below.

5. What if the extracted format is in another format? You can call up the command window with Ctar+T, or right-click at the bottom to select the command line, and a small window for entering commands will appear. For example, to decompress a wordpress compressed package in zip format, the command 'unzip wrodpress. zip' is required.