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guide_protecting_credentials_for_automation 2024-01-27		guide_protecting_credentials_for_automation 2026-06-03 (current)
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	In [[scripting\|script]], you can replace actual credentials with reference to environment variables. You can then call WinSCP from a batch file that sets these variables. The batch file itself then serves as a "configuration file".		In [[scripting\|script]], you can replace actual credentials with reference to environment variables. You can then call WinSCP from a batch file that sets these variables. The batch file itself then serves as a "configuration file".

-	For example, the following script (''example.txt'')((Using [[scriptcommand_open#username\|''-username'']] and [[scriptcommand_open#password\|''-password'']] switches instead of specifying credentials in [[session_url\|session URL]], because the switches do not require the values to be [[session_url#special\|URL-encoded]].)):	+	For example, the following script (''example.txt'')((Using [[scriptcommand_open#username\|''-username'']] and [[scriptcommand_open#password\|''-password'']] ==switches== instead of specifying credentials in [[session_url\|session URL]], because the switches do not require the values to be [[session_url#special\|URL-encoded]].)):

	<code winscp>		<code winscp>
-	open -username=%naim% -password=%MYPASSWORD% sftp://example.com/	+	open -username=%USERNAME% -password=%PASSWORD% sftp://example.com/
	...		...
	</code>		</code>
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	</code>		</code>
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-	Another way is to store the password to a separate file and use ''-passwordsfromfiles'':	+	Another way is to store the password to a separate file and use [[scriptcommand_open#passwordsfromfiles\|''-passwordsfromfiles'']]:
	<code winscp>		<code winscp>
	open -password=C:\path\password.txt -passwordsfromfiles sftp://username@example.com/		open -password=C:\path\password.txt -passwordsfromfiles sftp://username@example.com/