Date as part of filename

Hello,

I am very new to WinSCP scripting. I need to be able to pull a file daily where the filename contains the date and therefore is different each day. I have created the following scripts that successfully pull a hard coded filename. After searching through the forum, I thought that using %TIMESTAMP#yyyymmdd% would allow for a dynamic date in the filename. I have this code commented out below. It does not work, though, and does not produce an error. Thanks in advance for assistance!

Command script:
REM Pull file from SFTP and place in directory
"F:\data tasks\winscp.com" /script="F:\data tasks\pull_file_from_daily_sftp.txt"

pull_file_from_daily_sftp.txt:
# Automatically abort script on errors
option batch continue

# Disable overwrite confirmations that conflict with the previous
option confirm off

# Connect
open XConnection

# Force binary mode transfer
option transfer binary

# Download
get -filemask="DAILY_20180410.zip" /current/daily/files/ "F:\Data Imports\daily\"
#get -filemask="DAILY_%TIMESTAMP#yyyymmdd%.zip" /current/daily/files/ "F:\Data Imports\daily\"

# Disconnect
close
exit

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

Thanks for your reply. We are using version 5.1.4 and I believe this is likely causing the issue. After looking through the version history, it seems that TIMESTAMP is not available in our version and that we will need to upgrade. I will try upgrading and then see if my code works.

martin wrote:

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

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