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Pavel Guest

Download only correct files from FTP to local folder

2017-03-02 14:56

Hello colleagues,

Could you please help me with change this wonderful script: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/library_example_delete_after_successful_download

We have special .DONE file on our FTP for each main file. This file created as flag when main file uploaded to FTP.
For example, typical structure of our FTP:
1.txt
1.txt.DONE
2.zip
2.zip.DONE
etc

I need download main file from FTP using this script only if .DONE file exist.

Many thanks for you help.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Download only correct files from FTP to local folder

2017-03-02

That's hardly related to this script you refer to.

And your specification is pretty vague.

Do you want to download one specific file? Or all files that have the .DONE folder?

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Pavel Guest

Re: Download only correct files from FTP to local folder

2017-03-02 15:45

Hi Martin,

Thank you for feedback!

Step by step actions (concept):
1. Get list of files on FTP (only main files or only .DONE files or all files?)
2. Create list of main files which have .DONE file
3. Download this list of files (both main and .DONE)
4. Delete downloaded files from FTP (both main and .DONE)

After these actions only main files without .DONE will be stored on FTP.

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martin◆ Site Admin
Joined:: 2002-12-10
Posts:: 41,378
Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: Download only correct files from FTP to local folder

2017-03-06

This may help you to start:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/library_example_listing_files_matching_wildcard

It will allow you to find all the .done files.
Then, instead of just printing them, you download the main files for each found .done file.

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Guest

Re: Download only correct files from FTP to local folder

2017-03-15 09:55

Hi Martin,

I understand that you are not powershell conultant :)
But may be yo could help me with getting basename of file in this construction (filename without extension).

Thank you.

foreach ($fileinfo in $files)
{
    $session.GetFiles(
         ($remotePath + $fileName),
         ($localPath + $fileName)).Check()
}

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Pavel Guest

2017-03-15 14:12

Hi Martin,

Already found solution. I used string like "[System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($OKfile)"

Thank you :)

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Re: Download only correct files from FTP to local folder

2020-11-18 16:04

[quote="Pavel"]Hello colleagues,

Could you please help me with change this wonderful script: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/library_example_delete_after_successful_download

We have special .DONE file on our FTP for each main file. This file created as flag when main file uploaded to FTP.
For example, typical structure of our FTP:
1.txt
1.txt.DONE
2.zip
2.zip.DONE
etc

I need download main file from FTP using this script only if .DONE file exist.

Many thanks for you help.[/quote]

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