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Struikrover
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Error: Exception calling "ParseUrl" with "1" argument(s): "R

2018-05-26 01:28

Met de extensie KeepLocalUpToDate.WinSCPextension.ps1 (mee geleverd met installatie. Bevindt zich in het Extensions path onder ..WinSCP..) in PowerShell heb ik in combinatie met WinSCP 5.13.2 continue de volgende melding:

Error: Exception calling "ParseUrl" with "1" argument(s): "Root folder can be specified for WebDAV protocol only

Dit naddat ik het -localpath heb ingevuld c:\temp\1 & het -remotepath /10.85.85.14/test als parameter

De credentials staan goed in PS1. Het loopt dus fout bij

# Setup session options
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions
$sessionOptions.ParseUrl($sessionUrl)   <--

DE inhoud van de sessionoptions toont dit aan:

write  $sessionOptions

Protocol                                     : Sftp
HostName                                     : 
PortNumber                                   : 0
UserName                                     : 
Password                                     : 
SecurePassword                               : 
NewPassword                                  : 
SecureNewPassword                            : 
Timeout                                      : 00:00:15
TimeoutInMilliseconds                        : 15000
PrivateKeyPassphrase                         : 
SecurePrivateKeyPassphrase                   : 
SshHostKeyFingerprint                        : 
GiveUpSecurityAndAcceptAnySshHostKey         : False
SshPrivateKeyPath                            : 
SshPrivateKeyPassphrase                      : 
FtpMode                                      : Passive
FtpSecure                                    : None
WebdavSecure                                 : False
WebdavRoot                                   : 
TlsHostCertificateFingerprint                : 
GiveUpSecurityAndAcceptAnyTlsHostCertificate : False
TlsClientCertificatePath                     :

De bedoeling van het script is een lokale Directory gelijk houden met de FTP server.
Heeft iemand een idee / suggestie?

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

Re: Error: Exception calling "ParseUrl" with "1" argument(s): "Root folder can be specified for WebDAV..

2018-05-28

Can you post a complete PowerShell command-line that you use to execute the script?

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KRNY Guest

I get same error

2019-09-13 11:13

I get same error, however this is when I'm running this extension. Remember already downloaded files so they are not downloaded again
If I run it as an extension inside WinSCP it works, but when I try to run it through a bat file using this I receive error

Error: Exception calling "ParseUrl" with "1" argument(s): "Root folder can be specified for WebDAV protocol only
Parameter name: url"

powershell.exe -File C:\temp\DownloadNewFiles2.WinSCPextension.ps1 -sessionUrl "sftp://UUUUU:PPPPPP@test.sftp.test.com:4010;fingerprint=ssh-rsa 4096 SADASDfeage321431351/I" -localPath "c:\temp" -remotePath "/" -listPath "c:\temp\downloaded.txt" -sessionLogPath "c:\temp\sessionlog.log"

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: I get same error

2019-09-17

It's the I at the end of ...age321431351/I
It cannot be there. Is it mistake or intentional?

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Guest

Re: I get same error

2020-03-03 22:11

I get the same error. It appears to be a bug when there is a slash in the fingerprint.

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

Re: I get same error

2020-03-06

@Guest: It's not a bug. Slashes have special meaning in a URL. You need to handle them specially, as documented:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/session_url#hostkey
WinSCP GUI can generate a properly encoded URL for you:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_generateurl#url

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FredEch
Joined:: 2020-04-01
Posts:: 1
Location:: Pittsburgh, PA

I have this issue: Root path can be specified for WebDAV and S3 protocols only

2020-04-01 16:24

Current PowerShell script I am running:

powershell.exe -File KeepLocalUpToDate.ps1 -sessionURL "sftp://username;fingerprint=ssh-rsa-pYxCX6hXnuthj7T9hL5ySuJyeYfUkjwlOPVK1RNY_0I@lfts.domain.com/redactesting/GPbackups/" -remotePath "/redactesting/GPBackups/" -localPath "C:\Users\Echegafa\Documents\GPBackups\"

Full Error:

Error: Exception calling "ParseUrl" with "1" argument(s): "Root path can be specified for WebDAV and S3 protocols only
Parameter name: url"

Thank you for your time and help.

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: I have this issue: Root path can be specified for WebDAV and S3 protocols only

2020-04-03

As the error message says, remove the path from the URL:

powershell.exe -File KeepLocalUpToDate.ps1 -sessionURL "sftp://username;fingerprint=ssh-rsa-pYxCX6hXnuthj7T9hL5ySuJyeYfUkjwlOPVK1RNY_0I@lfts.domain.com/redactesting/GPbackups/" -remotePath "/redactesting/GPBackups/" -localPath "C:\Users\Echegafa\Documents\GPBackups\"

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