Connecting to DARWIN from Windows
IT strongly recommends that you configure your clients as described in the online X-windows (X11) and SSH documents (Windows / Linux/MacOSX).
PuTTY command line mode
If you want to be able to use PuTTY command line on your Windows computer, first, install and configure the PuTTY client to connect a remote host. Now add the PuTTY install path to your Windows system PATH environment variable. This will allow you to use PuTTY's command line mode on your Windows computer.
Adding PuTTY to your PATH
Windows 10
- Click Windows taskbar and type to search environment.
- Best match should be on Edit the system environment variables, click to open.
- In the Systems Properties window, it should be on the Advanced tab.
- In the System Properties window, click on Environment Variables… at the bottom of the window.
- In the Environment Variables window in the System variables (second box), click on Path to highlight, then click Edit….
- In the Edit environment variable window, click New. Type
C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\
. - Click OK to save and exit the Edit environment variable window.
- Click OK to exit the Environment Variables window.
- Click OK to exit the System Properties window.
Windows 7
- Click Start in the taskbar.
- Right-click on Computer, select Properties.
- In the System window, click on Advanced system settings on the left.
- In the System Properties window, click on Environment Variables….
- In the Environment Variables window, PATH should be highlighted, click Edit….
- In the Edit User Variable window, click in the Variable value: box and move to the end using the right arrow. Type
;C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY
. - Click OK to save and exit the Edit User Variable window.
- Click OK to exit the Environment Variables window.
- Click OK to exit the System window.
Using command line PuTTY without a saved session
Please review PuTTY command line documentation for complete details if you would like to use it in a Windows cmd
window.
Logging on to DARWIN
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script, use
putty.exe -ssh traine@darwin.hpc.udel.edu
or with X11 forwarding and running Xming, use
putty.exe -ssh -X traine@darwin.hpc.udel.edu
Copy from remote system to local system
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script, use
pscp traine@darwin.hpc.udel.edu:/lustre/scratch/traine/remote-file local-file
to copy a single file, remote-file
, from account, traine
, on the remote system, darwin.hpc.udel.edu
, to local-file
on your local system in the current directory, or
pscp -r traine@darwin.hpc.udel.edu:/lustre/scratch/traine/remote-dir local-dir
to copy an entire directory, remote-dir
, from account, traine
, on the remote system, darwin.hpc.udel.edu
, to local-dir
on your local system in the current directory.
Copy from local system to remote system
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script, use
pscp local-file traine@darwin.hpc.udel.edu:/lustre/scratch/traine/remote-file
to copy a single file, local-file
, on your local system in the current directory, to account, traine
, on remote host, darwin.hpc.udel.edu
, in the specified directory for remote-file
, or
pscp -r local-dir traine@darwin.hpc.udel.edu:/lustre/scratch/traine/remote-dir
to copy an entire directory, local-dir
, on your local system in the current directory, to account, traine
, on remote host, darwin.hpc.udel.edu
, in the specified directory for remote-dir
.
Using command line PuTTY with a saved session
Please review PuTTY command line documentation for complete details if you would like to use it in a Windows cmd
window. In the following examples, we have two saved sessions configured called darwin-traine
and x-darwin-traine
based on configuring your client as described in the online X-Windows (X11) and SSH document
Logging on to DARWIN
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script, use
putty.exe -load "darwin-traine"
or with X11 forwarding and running Xming, use a saved session configured with X11 forwarding
putty.exe -load "x-darwin-traine"
Copy from remote system to local system
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script using a saved session called darwin-traine
with username traine
and encryption cipher selection policy set to Arcfour (SSH-2 only)
, use
pscp darwin-traine:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-file local-file
using arcfour
cipher to copy a single file, remote-file
, from account, traine
, on the remote system, darwin.hpc.udel.edu
, to local-file
on your local system, or
pscp -r darwin-traine:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-dir local-dir
using arcfour
cipher to copy an entire directory, remote-dir
, from account, traine
, on the remote system, darwin.hpc.udel.edu
, to local-dir
on your local system.
Copy from local system to remote system
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script using a saved session called darwin-traine
with username traine
and encryption cipher selection policy set to Arcfour (SSH-2 only)
, use
pscp local-file darwin-traine:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-file
using arcfour
cipher to copy a single file, local-file
, on your local system in the current directory, to account, traine
, on the remote system, darwin.hpc.udel.edu
, in the specified directory for remote-file
on your remote system, or
pscp -r local-dir darwin-traine:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-dir
using arcfour
cipher to copy an entire directory, local-dir
, on your local system in the current directory, to account, traine
, on the remote system, darwin.hpc.udel.edu
, in the specified directory for remote-dir
on your remote system.