Scp command is not working

I have first use ssh root@ip-address .And created a dump file over here with the name 'filess'
mysqldump -uuseame -ppassword db_name table_name > dump_name.
Then when I am trying to download the file it is saying
scp root@ipaddress:~/ filess~/
and when i type password scp: /root: not a regular file