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warning message about command line parameters in scripting on one workstation, but not the other

2020-12-17 21:12

Hi,

We have version 5.11.3, build 7995 on the server. When we run the command line - which includes the sesion name - with various command line parameters for dealing with file permissions, there's a warning about using command line parameters with scripting.

On the desktop 5.17.9, build 10905, we don't get that warning.

Were the command line options depracated at one time, but it was backed out and allowed in a version later than 5.11?

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: warning message about command line parameters in scripting on one workstation, but not the other

2020-12-17

You should get the warning even with the latest version. I get it, when I try simple:

C:\>winscp.com name /command "exit"
Opening session using command-line parameter in scripting is deprecated. Use 'open' command instead.              
In scripting you should not rely on saved sites, use this command instead:                                        open ...
Searching for host...                                                                                             Connecting to host...                                                                                             Authenticating...                                                                                                 
...

In general, the recommended approach is to use the open command. If you want to combine opening the session from command-line and commands in the script, without getting the deprecation warning, you can do this:

winscp.com /command "open name" /script=script.txt

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Re: warning message about command line parameters in scripting on one workstation, but not the other

2020-12-17 22:51

So, instead of

winscp.com "JohnDoe" -nopreservetime IgnorePermErrors=1   /console /loglevel=2 /log=debuglog.log /script=JohnDoe.scr

, we'd use something like

winscp.com /command "open JohnDoe" -nopreservetime IgnorePermErrors=1   /console /loglevel=2 /log=debuglog.log /script=JohnDoe.scr

? Do I have the right idea?

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: warning message about command line parameters in scripting on one workstation, but not the other

2020-12-18

Correct.

Note that there's nothing like -nopreservetime IgnorePermErrors=1 (in neither of the two syntaxes).

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