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EliF_Teepee
Joined:: 2018-01-16
Posts:: 3
Location:: Illinois

A script to download, rename, and move files

2018-01-16 20:44

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?

Please note, I posted this question subsequently to StackOverflow as the issue is timely.

Thank you!

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

Re: A script to download, rename, and move files

2018-01-18

Your duplicate post on Stack Overflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/q/48311614/850848

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ajay1993
Joined:: 2019-06-24
Posts:: 1
Location:: United States

Get ftp files with timestamp + filename

2019-06-24 21:30

Hello Martin sir,
I am trying to create automation script to download files from FTP server that are autogenerated every hour. I want to get filename as YYMMDD(File name) format (eg:19062400), which I am not able to get it. right now I am getting files with a name (00.190624)
My script is

open ftp://usrname:password.urlftp.com/
binary
get -neweronly "*.csv" "c:\PBI-files\*.%TIMESTAMP#yymmdd%.csv"
exit

Can you help me to get that format?
Thanks.

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

Re: Get ftp files with timestamp + filename

2019-06-25

@ajay1993: Your question is not really clear, but I assume you want this:

get -neweronly "%TIMESTAMP#yymmdd%*.csv" "c:\PBI-files\"

(the combination of -neweronly and %TIMESTAMP% is suspicious too, but hopefully you know what you are doing).

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Get ftp files with timestamp + filename

2019-06-25 13:48

I have tried the code that you sent me, it throws me an error of

No matching files found 190625*

My question was, I want to download multiple and only newly generated files from FTP server to the local directory with timestamp and filename according to this name format "(Timestamp)(filename)"
tried every other combination as follows:

winscp> get "%TIMESTAMP#yymmdd%*.csv" "c:\PBI-files\"
No file matching '190625*.csv' found.
 
get -neweronly "%TIMESTAMP#yymmdd%*.csv" "c:\PBI-files\"
No file matching '190625*.csv' found.
 
mget -neweronly "%TIMESTAMP#yymmdd%*.csv" "c:\PBI-files\"
No file matching '190625*.csv' found.