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CherryDT
Joined:: 2016-12-15
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Can't launch PuTTY in ConEmu anymore (wrong position of "-load" argument?)

2016-12-15 15:34

Hello,

I am launching PuTTY inside ConEmu. To achieve this, my PuTTY application path is set to:

"c:\Program Files\conemu\ConEmu64.exe" /cmd "C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe"

This worked perfectly for a long time. I was last using version 5.5.6 (build 4746). Then I updated to version 5.9.3 (build 7136) and it stopped working.

I get the following error:

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ConEmu 161206 [64]
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Unknown switch specified:

-load "WinSCP temporary session" /cmd "C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe"

Visit website to get thorough switches description:
https://conemu.github.io/en/ConEmuArgs.html

Or run ‘ConEmu.exe -?’ to get the brief.
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OK
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Apparently, WinSCP now injects the -load argument between application path and the first parameter I define (which would be /cmd) and hence breaks the command line. I haven't found any way to change this. Am I doing something wrong? It would be great if the -load .... argument would just be another pattern, e.g. !L, so I could put it where it belongs...

Thanks!

PS: I'm running Windows 10 Pro Build 14393.576

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Makc666
Joined:: 2016-12-08
Posts:: 50
Location:: MSK-RU

2016-12-16 08:50

The only thing about -load I was able to find in docs is here:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_integration_app

If pattern !@ is not used, parameter -load <site> is automatically added to the command.

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https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-cmdline

In order to start an existing saved session called sessionname, use the -load option (described in section 3.11.3.1).

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https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-cmdline-load

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CherryDT
Joined:: 2016-12-15
Posts:: 3

2016-12-16 08:59

Well, I don't want to use !@, !U, !P because I am using private keys which should be set correctly, also I don't want to do a hack like using !@ but in some ignored parameter or so and then manually adding -load "WinSCP Temporary Session" because WinSCP selects existing sessions if possible, so it wouldn't always be hardcoded to WinSCP Temporary Session...

It looks like in the past, the -load was appended at the end of the command, which works great for such a scenario (albeit less flexible than with a dedicated pattern), but in the current version it's inserted at the beginning of the command line after the application name, which breaks ConEmu or any other "prefixed" command like this...

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Makc666
Joined:: 2016-12-08
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2016-12-16 13:06

CherryDT wrote:

Well, I don't want to use !@, !U, !P because ...

And this one?
https://conemu.github.io/en/NewConsole.html

Or, from your shell prompt (e.g. cmd.exe started in ConEmu) you can start PuTTY (or any other simple GUI applications) in the new ConEmu tab (or split):
PuTTY.exe -new_console -load "yourserver"

P.S. Can you tell me, how do you execute ConEmu64.exe?

When you say that you start:

"c:\Program Files\conemu\ConEmu64.exe" /cmd "C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe"

it sounds like you start it from the .bat file.

In that case I hardly believe that it then changes to:

"c:\Program Files\conemu\ConEmu64.exe" -load "WinSCP temporary session" /cmd "C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe"

somewhere.

I don't see WinSCP involved anywhere?!

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CherryDT
Joined:: 2016-12-15
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2016-12-17 13:45

I am talking about setting it as path in WinSCP for PuTTY (similar to how the WinSCP docs suggest running WSL SSH instead). Under "Applications" in the settings.

About -new_console: It's a ConEmu-interpreted parameter to start a command in a new console, so it works when run from a shell which runs inside ConEmu already... Chicken and egg issue: WinSCP is not running in ConEmu ;)

And it does change:

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Can't launch PuTTY in ConEmu anymore (wrong position of "-load" argument?)

2016-12-19

Thanks for your report. I'll try to find some good solution.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Can't launch PuTTY in ConEmu anymore (wrong position of "-load" argument?)

2016-12-23

This issue has been added to the tracker:
Issue 1493 – Do not add -load switch to PuTTY arguments, if it is configured already

I'm sending you an email with a development version of WinSCP to the address you have used to register on this forum.

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