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open
Establishes new connection.
open <stored_session> open <session_url>
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Establishes connection to given host. Use name of the stored session (to open session, stored in folder, use path syntax “folder/session”) or session URL.
Switches:
| Switch | Description |
|---|---|
-privatekey=<key> |
Private key path |
-timeout=<sec> |
Server response timeout |
-hostkey=“<fingerprint>” |
Specifies fingerprint of expected SSH host key (or several alternative fingerprints separated by semicolon). It makes WinSCP automatically accept hostkey with the fingerprint. As the hostkey fingerprint contains spaces you need to enclose it in quotes. SFTP and SCP protocols only. |
-certificate=“<fingerprint>” |
Specifies fingerprint of expected SSL/TLS sertificate (or several fingerprints separated by semicolon). It makes WinSCP automatically accept certificate with the fingerprint. FTPS protocol only. |
-passive=on|off |
Enables passive (=on) or active (=off) transfer mode (FTP protocol only). This feature is available only in the latest beta release. |
-implicit |
Implicit TLS/SSL (FTPS protocol only) |
-explicitssl |
Explicit SSL (FTPS protocol only) |
-explicittls |
Explicit TLS (FTPS protocol only) |
-rawsettings setting1=value1 setting2=value2 … |
Allows configuring any session settings using raw format as in an INI file. E.g. to enable SSH compression and agent forwarding use -rawsettings Compression=1 AgentFwd=1. This feature is available only in the latest beta release. |
XML log element: session
Examples
open sftp://martin@example.com -hostkey="ssh-rsa 1024 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" open scp://test@example.com:2222 -privatekey=mykey.ppk open ftps://martin@example.com -implicit -certificate="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" open martin@example.com open example.com open
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