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Session.ExecuteCommand Method

Executes command on the remote server.

Syntax
- Parameters
- Return Value
Exceptions
Remarks
Example

Syntax

public CommandExecutionResult ExecuteCommand(string command)

VB.NET

Public Function ExecuteCommand(command As String) As CommandExecutionResult

Parameters

Name	Description
string command	Command to execute.

Return Value

CommandExecutionResult with command output. See also Capturing results of operations.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	Session is not opened.
SessionLocalException	Error communicating with `winscp.com`. See the exception documentation for details.
SessionRemoteException	Session has failed. See the exception documentation for details.
TimeoutException	Timeout waiting for `winscp.com` to respond.

Remarks

With SFTP and SCP protocols, executes arbitrary remote shell command. With FTP protocol, executes a protocol command.

With SFTP protocol, that does not allow execution of arbitrary remote command, separate shell session will be automatically opened.

Not supported with WebDAV and S3 protocols.

The command must not require user input.

Example

C# Example

using System;
using WinSCP;
 
class Example
{
    public static int Main()
    {
        try
        {
            // Setup session options
            SessionOptions sessionOptions = new SessionOptions
            {
                Protocol = Protocol.Sftp,
                HostName = "example.com",
                UserName = "user",
                Password = "mypassword",
                SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 xxxxxxxxxxx..."
            };
 
            using (Session session = new Session())
            {
                // Connect
                session.Open(sessionOptions);
 
                // Execute mysqldump on the server to dump all MySQL databases and
                // compress the results
                const string dbUsername = "USERNAME";
                const string dbPassword = "PASSWORD";
                const string tempFilePath = "/tmp/all_databases.gz";
 
                string dumpCommand =
                    string.Format(
                        "mysqldump --opt -u {0} --password={1} --all-databases | gzip > {2}",
                        dbUsername, dbPassword, tempFilePath);
                session.ExecuteCommand(dumpCommand).Check();
 
                // Download the database dump
                session.GetFiles(tempFilePath, @"D:\dbbackup\").Check();
            }
 
            return 0;
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e);
            return 1;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET Example

Imports WinSCP
 
Friend Class Example
 
    Public Shared Function Main() As Integer
 
        Try 
            ' Setup session options
            Dim sessionOptions As New SessionOptions
            With sessionOptions 
                .Protocol = Protocol.Sftp
                .HostName = "example.com"
                .UserName = "user"
                .Password = "mypassword"
                .SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 xxxxxxxxxxx..."
            End With
 
            Using session As New Session
                ' Connect
                session.Open(sessionOptions)
 
                ' Execute mysqldump on the server to dump all MySQL databases and
                ' compress the results
                Const dbUsername As String = "USERNAME"
                Const dbPassword As String = "PASSWORD"
                Const tempFilePath As String = "/tmp/all_databases.gz"
 
                Dim dumpCommand As String =
                    String.Format(
                        "mysqldump --opt -u {0} --password={1} --all-databases | gzip > {2}",
                        dbUsername, dbPassword, tempFilePath)
                session.ExecuteCommand(dumpCommand).Check()
 
                ' Download the database dump
                session.GetFiles(tempFilePath, "D:\dbbackup\").Check()
            End Using
 
            Return 0
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e)
            Return 1
        End Try
 
    End Function
 
End Class

PowerShell Example

Learn more about using WinSCP .NET assembly from PowerShell.

try
{
    # Load WinSCP .NET assembly
    Add-Type -Path "WinSCPnet.dll"
 
    # Setup session options
    $sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property @{
        Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
        HostName = "example.com"
        UserName = "user"
        Password = "mypassword"
        SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 xxxxxxxxxxx..."
    }
 
    $session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
 
    try
    {
        # Connect
        $session.Open($sessionOptions)
 
        # Execute mysqldump on the server to dump all MySQL databases and compress the results
        $dbUsername = "USERNAME"
        $dbPassword = "PASSWORD"
        $tempFilePath = "/tmp/all_databases.gz"
 
        $dumpCommand =
            "mysqldump --opt -u $dbUsername --password=$dbPassword --all-databases | " +
            "gzip > $tempFilePath"
        $session.ExecuteCommand($dumpCommand).Check()
 
        # Download the database dump
        $session.GetFiles($tempFilePath, "D:\dbbackup\").Check()
 
    finally
    {
        # Disconnect, clean up
        $session.Dispose()
    }
 
    exit 0
}
catch
{
    Write-Host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)"
    exit 1
}