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JKL
Joined:: 2013-10-17
Posts:: 6
Location:: Poland

GetFiles and remove set to true tries to delete folder

2013-11-26 19:27

Hi,
I have an issue.
I have GetFiles method's remove option set to true.
It removes all files but then it tries to remove the remote folder that those files where in.
I do not have permission to do that and that generates an error.

Anything I can do about that?

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martin◆ Site Admin
Joined:: 2002-12-10
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Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: GetFiles and remove set to true tries to delete folder

2013-11-28

I suppose you do:
session.GetFiles("/remotepath/folder", "C:\\localpath\\", true).
This moves folder from /remotepath to C:\localpath\.

You probably want to do:
session.GetFiles("/remotepath/folder/*", "C:\\localpath\\folder\\", true) (note the slash).
This moves contents of /remotepath/folder/ to C:\localpath\folder\

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JKL
Joined:: 2013-10-17
Posts:: 6
Location:: Poland

2013-11-28 15:53

I have:

session.GetFiles("/UP/", "\\hostname\SftpDownload\", True, transferOptions)

So there is a slash at the remote path end.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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2013-11-28

Please attach a full session log file showing the problem (using the latest version of WinSCP).

To generate log file, set Session.SessionLogPath. Submit the log with your post as an attachment. Note that passwords and passphrases not stored in the log. You may want to remove other data you consider sensitive though, such as host names, IP addresses, account names or file names (unless they are relevant to the problem). If you do not want to post the log publicly, you may email it to me. You will find my address (if you log in) in my forum profile. Please include link back to this topic in your email. Also note in this topic that you have emailed the log.

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: GetFiles and remove set to true tries to delete folder

2013-12-02

Sorry, I was wrong, you need to also add a file mask (*) to the source path, to select only contents. I've updated by answer above.

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JKL

2013-12-02 10:38

It works.
Thank you.

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pavanmanideep
Joined:: 2021-05-18
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Location:: Hyderabad

Removing file after movement deletes folder

2021-10-13 07:25

As suggested below, when used * as mentioned, getting

badly formatted packet or protocol incompatibility

Can you please suggest alternative on this.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Removing file after movement deletes folder

2021-10-14

@pavanmanideep: Please attach a full session log file showing the problem (using the latest version of WinSCP).

To generate the session log file, set Session.SessionLogPath. Submit the log with your post as an attachment. Note that passwords and passphrases not stored in the log. You may want to remove other data you consider sensitive though, such as host names, IP addresses, account names or file names (unless they are relevant to the problem). If you do not want to post the log publicly, you can mark the attachment as private.

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pavanmanideep
Joined:: 2021-05-18
Posts:: 4
Location:: Hyderabad

Removing file after movement deletes folder

2021-10-14 11:20

Please find the log file attached, please help, facing this issue since one week..

Attachment.txt (15.28 KB, Private file)

Description: Log file

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pavanmanideep

Re: Removing file after movement deletes folder

2021-10-18 03:30

I have attached the log in my earlier post, please review and suggest on this...error. Let me know if any more information is needed.

Thank you.

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: Removing file after movement deletes folder

2021-10-18

@pavanmanideep: I do not see any "badly formatted packet or protocol incompatibility" error in the log. The log does not even come from WinSCP .NET assembly.

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