Here's a sample/sanitized log file snippet showing that
ReplaceInvalidChars is set to
1 and the error during copy:
> 2024-10-15 20:40:14.165 Script: synchronize remote -delete -mirror -nopermissions -preservetime -transfer="binary" -filemask="|*\testfolder\" -resumesupport="off" -rawtransfersettings[1] ReplaceInvalidChars="1" -criteria="time,size" -- "C:\LocalFolder" "/RemoteFolder"
Copying 1 files/directories to remote directory "/RemoteFolder/Problem files/" - total size: 0
. 2024-10-15 20:40:18.484 File: 'C:\LocalFolder\Problem files\Test.%7C' [2024-10-14T19:25:30.075Z] [0]
. 2024-10-15 20:40:18.485 Copying "C:\LocalFolder\Problem files\Test.%7C" to remote directory started.
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 (ETerminal) General failure (server should provide error description).
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 Error code: 4
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 Error message from server (en-US):
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 Common reasons for the Error code 4 are:
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 - Renaming a file to a name of already existing file.
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 - Creating a directory that already exists.
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 - Moving a remote file to a different filesystem (HDD).
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 - Uploading a file to a full filesystem (HDD).
* 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 - Exceeding a user disk quota.
. 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 Asking user:
. 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 Cannot create remote file '/RemoteFolder/Problem files/[b]Test.|[/b]'. ("General failure (server should provide error description).
. 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 Error code: 4
. 2024-10-15 20:40:18.601 Error message from server (en-US):
WinSCP changed
%37C to a
| symbol and tried to create that as a remote file.
