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| ====== Remember already downloaded files so they are not downloaded again ====== | ====== Remember already downloaded files so they are not downloaded again ====== | ||
| - | You might have a server, where some kind of data files are periodically generated. You need to regularly download a new set of files to the local machine, where the files are processed. If you keep local copies of the files, you can use a simple [[task_synchronize_full|synchronization]]. But if you cannot keep the local copies, you will have to remember, what files did you download already. And this is, what this script does. | + | You might have a server, where some kind of data files are periodically generated. You need to regularly download a new set of files to the local machine, where the files are processed. If you keep local copies of the files, you can use a simple [[task_synchronize_full|synchronization]]. But if you cannot keep the local copies, you will have to remember, what files did you download already. And this is, what this script does. An alternative is to [[faq_script_modified_files#last_timestamp|remember a timestamp of the last transferred file]]. |
| You can install this script as an [[extension|WinSCP extension]] by using this page URL in the //[[ui_pref_commands#extensions|Add Extension]]// command. The extension will automatically use the current local and remote directories. | You can install this script as an [[extension|WinSCP extension]] by using this page URL in the //[[ui_pref_commands#extensions|Add Extension]]// command. The extension will automatically use the current local and remote directories. | ||