Want to delete remote files before download via powershell :: Support Forum

shannra
Joined:: 2013-04-17
Posts:: 3

Want to delete remote files before download via powershell

2013-04-17 08:57

Hello,

i try your scripts to use the .NET assembly by PowerShell. It works perfectly. Now I want to modify it for one day, but with no success.
I want to empty the remote folder before I upload my files.
I search here this forum and your documentations but still now, i not find a solution.

It this possible or should i use it in another way??

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Want to delete remote files before download via powershell

2013-04-18

Are you looking for $session.RemoveFiles("/path/*") ?

https://winscp.net/eng/docs/library_session_removefiles

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shannra
Joined:: 2013-04-17
Posts:: 3

2013-04-23 10:06

Thanks for you replie, but it seemed not tor work:

I use (its only snippet from the script)

$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions
$sessionOptions.Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::$protocol
$sessionOptions.HostName = $hostname
$sessionOptions.UserName = $username
$sessionOptions.Password = $password
 
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
try
{
    # Will continuously report progress of synchronization
    $session.add_FileTransferred( { FileTransferred } )
 
    # Connect
    $session.Open($sessionOptions)
    $session.RemoveFiles("/test/*")

I get then in ISE of Powershell:

{WinSCP.SessionRemoteException: Can't get attributes of file

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martin◆ Site Admin

2013-04-25

Please set Session.SessionLogPath and attach the log.

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shannra
Joined:: 2013-04-17
Posts:: 3

2013-04-30 14:20

Its possible that i use an old version?
i only get this output, not an Logfile:

Fehler beim Aufrufen der Methode, da [WinSCP.Session] keine Methode mit dem Namen "SessionLogPath" enthält.

in english

error by use the method because [winscp.session] no method with name "SessionLogPath"

This is how I implemented this:

try
{
    $sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions
    $sessionOptions.Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::$protocol
    $sessionOptions.HostName = $hostname
    $sessionOptions.UserName = $username
    $sessionOptions.Password = $password
 
    $session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
    try
    {
        # Will continuously report progress of synchronization
   $Session.SessionLogPath({c:\src\C:\src\Scripts\TEST\log.txt})
        $session.add_FileTransferred( { FileTransferred } )
 
        # Connect
        $session.Open($sessionOptions)
        $session.RemoveFiles("/test/*")
        $synchronizationResult = $session.SynchronizeDirectories(
            [WinSCP.SynchronizationMode]::Remote, $source, $target, $false)
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