Use "scp://username:password@host:/file" in Open / SaveAs dialogue boxes

This request is not necessarily WinSCP specific but ...

It would be really nice to be able to use a URL like ...
scp://username:password@host:/file

in Open, SaveAS, Run, etc dialogue boxes.



This would sort of negate the need for multiple files to be passed to and from a local editor. All you would need to do is open the file (via scp) from within that editor.

Anonymous wrote:

This request is not necessarily WinSCP specific but ...

It would be really nice to be able to use a URL like ...
scp://username:password@host:/file

in Open, SaveAS, Run, etc dialogue boxes.

You mean the dialog boxes of the other applications? Have you ever seen it (possible with other protocol...). I can hardly image how to implement that, if it is possible at all.

martin wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This request is not necessarily WinSCP specific but ...

It would be really nice to be able to use a URL like ...
scp://username:password@host:/file

in Open, SaveAS, Run, etc dialogue boxes.

You mean the dialog boxes of the other applications? Have you ever seen it (possible with other protocol...). I can hardly image how to implement that, if it is possible at all.

how about:
"winscp366 sftp://username:password@securehost mget file*"
from command line? That would be really useful. Thanks.

how about:
"winscp366 sftp://username:password@securehost mget file*"
from command line? That would be really useful. Thanks.

Full scripting/automation will be included in the next major version.

martin wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This request is not necessarily WinSCP specific but ...

It would be really nice to be able to use a URL like ...
scp://username:password@host:/file

in Open, SaveAS, Run, etc dialogue boxes.

You mean the dialog boxes of the other applications? Have you ever seen it (possible with other protocol...). I can hardly image how to implement that, if it is possible at all.

Pretty sure it's possible. I'll have to do some research first. Already we can do ftp://whatever in dialogue boxes, I suspect it's just another URI handler to do scp://

I'm pretty sure we can all agree that it would be really useful.

Pretty sure it's possible. I'll have to do some research first. Already we can do ftp://whatever in dialogue boxes, I suspect it's just another URI handler to do scp://

I'm looking forward for the results :-)

how about:
"winscp366 sftp://username:password@securehost mget file*"
from command line? That would be really useful. Thanks.

Not for nothing, but for command line functionality, just use the PuTTY tools. There is already a command line set of tools included in the full download. No point reinventing the wheel, great as WinSCP is.

--John Silvestri