Copying a remote file from Linux to a local server using scp

Question

So, I'm attempting to simply transfer a unix file (demo) from a server to my local computer via ssh and scp. In Putty, I'm using the command as follows:

scp hasanjee@cs.utm.utoronto.ca:~/A1/demo \desktop

this works and even downloads:

demo                                                                                                                              100% 4096   885.9KB/s   00:00

I've tried multiple directories:

scp hasanjee@cs.utm.utoronto.ca:~/A1/demo \desktop\demo

What am I missing here? Any ideas? I am using Windows 10

Answer 1

maybe try adding a full path...

scp -P 22 hasanjee@cs.utm.utoronto.ca:~/A1/demo/somefile C:\Users\{username}\Desktop\

-p: portnumber