Passing parameters to winscp.com command line

Question

I am trying to write a WinSCP script. I tried the example at,
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation#parametrized

but the parameter value is not taken by the script.

When the script is invoked as,

winscp.com /script=testscript /parameter param1

The following occurs:

First,

Searching for host
host not found

is displayed.

Followed by, actually connecting to the host using the

"open command"

but the parameter is never substituted.

It still displays as %1

Answer 1

I don't know which example you are talking about but I will show you some sample code that I have. I hope it helps. This code is all located in a .bat file.

In this example, a variable %folder% is made with the name of today's date in the format of 2/28/2012. I then ask the user for their username and it gets saved in the variable %username%, same with %password%. I then used the %folder% variable to make a directory with a folder named %folder%.

Now we dive into actual 'WinSCP Code'.

I then located the path towards my WinSCP.exe and then called console. After console was called, I connected to my WinSCP server using the 'open' command and the %Username% and %Password% variables.

@ECHO OFF
cls
set folder=%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%-%date:~10,4%

SET /P username="Enter Username: "
IF "%username%"=="" GOTO Error

SET /P password="Enter Password: "

rem -- Clear Screen to hide password
cls

IF "%password%"=="" GOTO Error
    md C:\Logs\%folder%\int-rpt01\
    "C:\""Program Files""\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" /console /command "option batch abort" 
    "option confirm off" "open sftp://%username%:%password%@server.server.net:22"
    "get /opt/ibm/cognos/c10_64/logs/cogserver.* C:\CogServerLogs\%folder%\int-rpt01\" "exit"

I hope this helps. Any more information on which example you are using and or how you are using it would be appreciated.

Answer 2

For reference, since I just landed here when attempting to work this out myself, the syntax should be:

In your script file: put "%1%" %2%

and then call it from the command line with winscp.com /script=script.file /parameter foo.txt bar/

This will resolve the script to put "foo.txt" bar/

Answer 3

To pass your parameter to the open command, follow it by %1%, ideally wrapped to double-quotes:

open "%1%"

Refer to:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting#syntax

See also parametrized script example.

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Also from the behavior of WinSCP (particularly the attempt to open the connection before the open command is actually executed), I assume that you are using an old version of WinSCP that does not understand the /parameter parameter yet. Make sure, you use the latest version of WinSCP.