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I discovered WinSCP a few weeks ago, after reading a thread in one of the Windows forums.
I don't know how I managed without it. Plug in puTTY and Textpad, and you can browse files on your server, double click them, edit them in a proper editor (no more nano or vi) and save. Click on puTTY and restart your server from bash - brilliant!
I was using ftp pro but WinSCP is much more secure and by my experience 3 times faster both ways
I use puTTY as a separated entity
to restart Apache, cron job etc..
are you telling me that it could also from WinSCP
Yes, Preferences > Integration > External Applications / puTTY path.
Its also handy to tick 'remember password and pass it to putty' - saves you having to type it every time!
To launch puTTY, click the icon of two little computers.
While you're at it install a decent editor Preferences > Editor > Add. I use Textpad. To launch it, double click the file you want to edit.
Well, actually it could let you perform any task as a "full putty", correct?
I use puTTY, WinSCP and WSftp Pro. I like the features in WSftp better, but there will be some CHOWN issues when trying to replace files a with ftp pro that were loaded with WinSCP.
I learned that one the hard (frustrating) way. :)
