I am able to download files from SFTP in CMD
window, by using following code:
WinSCP.com
# Connect to the host and login using password
open user:pw@address
# get all the files in the remote directory and download them to a specific local directory
lcd C:\Users\xx\Desktop
get *.xlsx
# Close and terminate the session
exit
I searched online and found out that I can put these codes in a bat
file and use
Call Shell("cmd.exe /c C:\Users\xx\Desktop\WinSCPGet.bat", 1)
However, only the first line of the bat file WinSCP.com
is being executed. It will pop up the cmd
window, showing this, without doing anything else.
How to execute all the lines at one time?
Thanks
The code you have is not a Windows batch file. It's one Windows command followed by WinSCP commands. The first command runs winscp.com
application, which then sits and waits for input. If you eventually close it, Windows command interpreter (cmd.exe
) will carry on executing the remaining commands, failing most, as they are not Windows commands. See also WinSCP script not executing in batch file and WinSCP FAQ Why are some WinSCP scripting commands specified in a batch file not executed/failing?
So you either have to save the commands (open
to exit
) to a WinSCP script file (say script.txt
) and execute the script using the /script
switch:
Call Shell("C:\path\winscp.com /ini=nul /script=c:\path\script.txt")
Alternatively, specify all commands on WinSCP command line, using the /command
switch:
Call Shell("C:\path\winscp.com /ini=nul /command ""open user:pw@address"" ""lcd C:\Users\xx\Desktop"" ""get *.xlsx"" ""exit""")
Regarding the quotes: With the /command
switch, you have to enclose each command to double-quotes. In VBA string, to use a double-quote, you have to escape it by doubling it.
Also note that you generally should use the /ini=nul
switch to isolate the WinSCP script run from your WinSCP configuration. This way you can also make sure that the script will run on other machines. Your script won't, as it lacks the -hostkey
switch to verify the SSH host key fingerprint. Using the /ini=nul
will help you realize that.
You can have WinSCP GUI generate complete command-line (including the -hostkey
) for you.
See also Automating file transfers to SFTP server with WinSCP.
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