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Exclude files with .tmp extension while getting files

2024-06-10 17:23

I need to retrieve the files excluding *.tmp files from remote server. The files should be deleted which got retrieved.
I went through filemask topic and prepared below commands in batch script.

echo open %USERIDPASS% -hostkey="*" -timeout=100 -passive=on > %COMMAND_FILE%
echo %TRANSFER_TYPE% >> %COMMAND_FILE%
echo cd %REMOTE_DIR%>> %COMMAND_FILE%
echo lcd %LOCAL_DIR%>> %COMMAND_FILE%
echo get -delete %REMOTE_FILE%|*.tmp >>%COMMAND_FILE%
echo bye >> %COMMAND_FILE%
 
echo winscp/script=%COMMAND_FILE% >> %LOGDIR%\%LOGFILE%
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.com"/ini=nul /script=%COMMAND_FILE% >> %LOGFILE%

But the get command is not working as expected, can anyone help with this.

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Re: Exclude files with .tmp extension while getting files

2024-06-13

You need to use -filemask switch, if you need an exclude mask:

get -delete %REMOTE_FILE% -filemask=|*.tmp

See
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_get#filemask
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/file_mask#include_exclude

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Re: Exclude files with .tmp extension while getting files

2024-06-14 12:00

Hi Martin, I have tried the command you have given but it is reporting as below when executing the batch script:
I am setting REMOTE_FILE =*.*
command:

get -delete %REMOTE_FILE% -filemask=|*.tmp >>%LOGDIR%\%COMMAND_FILE%

error reporting during execution of batch script in cmd:

d:\>echo get -delete *.* -filemask=  | *.tmp  1>>commandfilename
'*.tmp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I also need to exclude some directories while getting the files but it is not working as expected:
command:

echo get -delete %REMOTE_FILE% -filemask=|/hs/test/outgoing/rtfspool/ >> %LOGDIR%\%COMMAND_FILE%

error reporting during execution of batch script in cmd:

d:\>echo get -delete *.* -filemask=  | /hs/test/outgoing/rtfspool/  1>>commandfilenamewithpath
'/hs/test/outgoing/rtfspool/' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

command:

echo get -delete %REMOTE_FILE% -filemask=|/hs/test/outgoing/rtfspool >> %LOGDIR%\%COMMAND_FILE%

error reporting during execution of batch script in cmd:

d:\>echo get -delete *.* -filemask=  | /hs/test/outgoing/rtfspool  1>>commandfilenamewithpath
The system cannot find the path specified.

Could you please suggest where the issue is happening in above commands.

Thanks in advance.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: Exclude files with .tmp extension while getting files

2024-06-17

This is more Windows batch file question than WinSCP question.
The | is pipe operator in batch file.
You need to escape it with ^:

echo get -delete %REMOTE_FILE% -filemask=^|*.tmp >>%COMMAND_FILE%

Or consider, if you really need to generate the WinSCP script file. You can use environment variables right in the WinSCP script file.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting#variables

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