Disclaimer #1: I posted this question on the WinSCP's forum but haven't received any replies and this issue is time-sensitive.
Disclaimer #2: I'm basing the legitimacy of this cross-post on advice found on the subject from Meta.
With that preamble...
Up until now, I have been been using WS_FTP but would like to switch to WinSCP.
I'm trying to convert this WS_FTP script into WinSCP:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Ipswitch\WS_FTP 12\wsftppro.exe"
-s "sftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@ftpus.pointclickcare.com/USERNAME/logs/*.sqb"
-d "local:C:\PccDataRelay\LogDownloads\"
-rename tx_[yyyy]-[mm]-[dd]_[hh]-[tt]-[ss]_[OnlyName].[OnlyExt]
-move "/USERNAME/logs/transferred/"
I've been able to convert it partially:
cd C:\PccDataRelay\TestDownloads
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\winscp.com" /ini=nul /log=C:\PccDataRelay\AuditLogs\incremental_download.log /command ^
"open sftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@ftpus.pointclickcare.com/USERNAME/logs/ -hostkey=""ssh-rsa 2048 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx""" ^
"get /USERNAME/logs/*.sqb" ^
"exit"
But that only downloads the files. How can I get it to rename and move the original files while also leaving them in-place on the FTP site?
WinSCP does not have a feature similar to -rename
and -move
switches. So it's not easy to implement this task in a simple scripting so that it behaves transactionally (renames and moves only the files that were successfully downloaded)
But you can use WinSCP .NET assembly from a PowerShell script.
# Load WinSCP .NET assembly
Add-Type -Path "WinSCPnet.dll"
# Setup session options
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property @{
Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
HostName = "ftpus.pointclickcare.com"
UserName = "USERNAME"
Password = "PASSWORD"
SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx..."
}
# Connect
Write-Host "Connecting..."
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
$session.SessionLogPath = "C:\PccDataRelay\AuditLogs\incremental_download.log"
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
# Download files
$transferResult =
$session.GetFiles("/USERNAME/logs/*.sqb", "C:\PccDataRelay\LogDownloads\*")
# Process source files
foreach ($transfer in $transferResult.Transfers)
{
# Success or error?
if ($transfer.Error -eq $Null)
{
$newName =
"/USERNAME/logs/transferred/tx_" +
(Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-ss") + "_" +
[IO.Path]::GetFileName($transfer.FileName)
Write-Host (
"Download of $($transfer.FileName) succeeded, moving to backup $newName")
$session.MoveFile($transfer.FileName, $newName)
}
else
{
Write-Host (
"Download of $($transfer.FileName) failed: $($transfer.Error.Message)")
}
}
Some references that this answer is based on:
- Moving local files to different location after successful upload;
- Formatting timestamp in batch file.
See also:
- Converting WinSCP script to code based on .NET assembly.