Editing Secure copy protocol (section)

===Other clients===
As the '''Secure Copy Protocol''' implements file transfers only, [[GUI]] SCP clients are rare, as implementing it requires additional functionality ([[directory (file systems)|directory]] listing at least). For example, [[WinSCP]] defaults to the SFTP protocol.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Supported File Transfer Protocols :: WinSCP|url=https://winscp.net/eng/docs/protocols|website=winscp.net|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> Even when operating in SCP mode, clients like WinSCP are typically not pure SCP clients, as they must use other means to implement the additional functionality (like the [[Ls|<code>ls</code> command]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=The SCP/Shell Page (Advanced Site Settings dialog) :: WinSCP|url=https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_scp|website=winscp.net|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> This in turn brings platform-dependency problems.

More comprehensive tools for managing files over SSH are [[SSH File Transfer Protocol|SFTP]] clients.