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Roman Belousov
Joined:: 2018-07-31
Posts:: 2

Trying to automate get -delete

2018-07-31 05:03

Hey guys, so I've created bunn_get.txt in C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP and it goes like this:

open sftp://<key>@ftp.axiscloudplatform.com/ -hostkey="ssh-rsa 2048 <another key>="
 
cd /out
lcd C:\GD\Emails\Bunnings
 
get -delete *.xml
#also tried get -delete *.xml C:\GD\Emails\Bunnings
 
exit
 
# Execute the script using a command like:
# "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" /log="C:\GD\Emails\Bunnings\archive\WinSCP.log" /ini=nul /script="C:\bunn_get.txt"

And I've created bunn_edi.bat in c:\

"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" /log="C:\GD\Emails\Bunnings\archive\WinSCP.log" /ini=nul /script="C:\bunnings_get.txt

Nothing's happening. When I try to open the terminal window in WinSCP, I get the error:

Authentication log (see session log for details):
Using username "<username>".

Authentication failed.

Any ideas?

My Regards
Roman
Candoo Business Systems

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Trying to automate get -delete

2018-08-03

It does not look like you have a problem with get -delete but rather with an authentication.

Can you authenticate in WinSCP GUI?

If you can, then have WinSCP GUI generate a code template for you:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_generateurl

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Roman Belousov
Joined:: 2018-07-31
Posts:: 2

2018-08-07 05:37

I was able to figure WinSCP automation out. For your info, here's what works:

Get WinSCP to generate the script for you. You'll need the line at the top as that contains the SSL certificate as well as a properly-formatted user and password authentication.
For some reason the instructions at the bottom of the file generated by WinSCP don't work, so instead do this;
Create a batch file, in my case I saved in c:\. The file has the following 3 lines:
```
cd\
cd Program Files (x86)\WinSCP
type get_script.txt | winscp
```
create get_script.txt in Program Files (x86)\WinSCP (the standard directory it installs in), it contains the following 5 lines:
```
open sftp://<the rest of that first line from step 1>
 
cd /out
lcd C:\XML
 
get -delete *.xml
 
exit
```
your files will appear in C:\XML.

You have to use the type command in the batch file, simply listing the commands stops working as soon as you're in WinSCP's prompt (it has its own prompt).

I hope this comes in handy later, thank you and good luck.

My regards,
Roman Belousov
www.candoo.com.au

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