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martin

Re: Put with switch "-append"

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magowoody

Put with switch "-append"

Hi.
I can't use the -append switch connected to the put operator inside a script.
My goal is to add the content of the text file I'm sending when it is already present in the destination server.
I'm using the SFTP protocol with public key access and private key with "passphrase".

This is the relevant part of my .BAT script: 
rem Generate temporary script
(
  echo open sftp://<user>@<url-sftp> -privatekey=%_pathKey%\<file>.ppk -hostkey="<privatekey>" -passphrase="<passphrase>"
  echo lcd <localpath>
  echo cd <remotepath>
  echo put -append -preservetime "<file>" <file>"
  echo put -nopreservetime "<file_fake_last_connection>" "<file_fake_last_connection>"
  echo exit
 
) > script.tmp
 
rem Run temporary script
%_path%\winscp.com /ini=nul /log=%_path%\log\<file_log.log> /logsize=5*1M /loglevel=-1 /script=script.tmp

The file is sent correctly but on the server the file is always overwritten.

At the moment I solved it by importing the file from the server and then merging it with the one to be sent on the client side, but I would be interested in understanding how to use the -append switch with the put command as per the documentation https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_put and https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_put#append.

I hope someone can help me.
Max

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