Remove leading path from source files (getfiles, multi-file) :: Support Forum

a1
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Remove leading path from source files (getfiles, multi-file)

2015-01-05 09:56

This Powershell code is used to download all files from the remove server's "/In" directory.

# Powershell
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCPnet.dll"
$remotePath = "/In";
$localPath = "D:\temp";  
$removeRemote = $TRUE;
[..]
$transferResult = $session.getfiles($remotePath, $localPath, $removeRemote);

It saves files in "D:\temp\In", but I want the files to be saved in "D:\temp". How do I remove the leading "In" part of the source file names?

WinSCP 5.5.6 (build 4746).

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Remove leading path from source files (getfiles, multi-file)

2015-01-05

Using /In tells WinSCP to download the folder, not its contents only. Use /In/*.

Also using D:\temp seems wrong and it should not do what you describe. You should use D:\temp\.

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