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bw5500@hotmail.com
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Location:: Summit County, OH

Batch file script

2021-01-18 23:23

Trying to insert a get command into a batch file, however between the syntax and the help screens this WinSCP is like no other to figure out. Need to get from an SFTP and pull to a local. Generated the transfer code in the GUI but inserting the additional command is not working. please advise.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Batch file script

2021-01-19

Without any details of what you have tried, I can only point to a generic guide:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation
If you need more specific help, please show us your attempts. And describe what problems you have with them.

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batch file script

2021-01-19 13:29

The script generator has "Your command 1" and "Your command 2" , but doesnt seem to work, so either im not using correct syntax for WinSCP, or I have the script in the wrong position. see below, please advise.

@echo off
 
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.com" ^
  /log="C:\writable\path\to\log\WinSCP.log" /ini=nul ^
  /command ^
    "open sftp://abc@123.server.transfer.us-west-2.xyz.com/ -hostkey=""ssh-rsa 1234 abc123="" -privatekey=""\\server.abc.network\Data\FILE_SHARE\me\ABC.ppk""" ^
    "GET abc.txt "F:\def\"" ^
    "Your command 2" ^
    "exit"
 
set WINSCP_RESULT=%ERRORLEVEL%
if %WINSCP_RESULT% equ 0 (
  echo Success
) else (
  echo Error
)
 
exit /b %WINSCP_RESULT%

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bw5500@hotmail.com

2021-01-19 22:07

https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation is exactly reason I'm asking as the doc's are rather hard to follow compared to any other software I have used. not sure why above code i posted shows as guest did it either. please help. thank you.

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bw5500@hotmail.com
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Re: Batch file script

2021-01-20 19:46

see attached screen snip with error highlighted, please advise.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: batch file script

2021-01-22

It should be:

    "get abc.txt ""F:\def\""" ^

See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/commandline#syntax and https://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_batch_file
or simply

    "get abc.txt F:\def\" ^

And of course, remove the "Your command 2" line.

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bw5500@hotmail.com

batch file script

2021-01-25 20:46

Thank you, unfortunately both examples return same error, "The system cannot find the file specified". The file can be moved manually however the file is not found when written to a batch file. Please advise, as this is the WinSCP is the first software i have ever had issues with integrating to a batch file for a scheduled task. having to use the WinSCP due to sftp hostkey requirements.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: batch file script

2021-01-26

OK, you have another problem in your batch file. I believe it's quite obvious. You didn't replace the placeholder C:\writable\path\to\log\ with an actual path. So WinSCP tries to log to a folder that does not exist. Use a real path.

If this still does not help, please post your new complete script/batch file. A log file can be useful too.

Also make sure you have read complete article I've linked above. It deals with common problems people have when using WinSCP from a batch file:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_batch_file

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