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I need the exact commands to type from the beginning in putty to first connect to my db and then to get the error logs contained in /var/lib/mysql/HOSTNAME.err file. Thanks

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Do you have any familiarity with using the command line at all? Because there's no reason I know of that you'd connect to a database (whose name you never gave) and reading an error log. – Bart Silverstrim Jul 6 '11 at 20:52
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if you dont know how to use basic command line tools or scp/sftp you probably shouldnt be poking around the server – anthonysomerset Jul 6 '11 at 21:00
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PuTTY isn't the right tool for the job. You want psftp. run psftp

psftp> open remotehost.tld
login as: user
password: your password
Remote working directory is /home/user
psftp> get /var/lib/mysql/HOSTNAME.err
psftp exit

or, if as @zypher suggests psftp doesn't work try pscp 

pscp user@remotehost.tld:/var/lib/mysql/HOSTNAME.err .
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It's more likely that pscp will work than psftp. since scp just runs over ssh port 22 and sftp needs to be configured (which most hosting providers still don't have) – Zypher♦ Jul 6 '11 at 20:53
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