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martin

Re: Overwrite

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MagnusXI

Overwrite

Hello,

I have my WinSCP to transfer files from 1 SFTP site to another every morning, but for some reason i cant get it to overwrite my local files on download or the second SFTP site on upload. am i missing something?

Code inclosed below: (File Names and Servers changed to generics) 

# Automatically abort script on errors

option batch abort

# Disable overwrite confirmations that conflict with the previous

option confirm off

open Server1

# Force binary mode transfer

option transfer binary

# Download file to the local directory c:\

get file1.txt c:\file\

get file2.txt c:\file\

get file3.txt c:\file\

get file4.txt c:\file\

get file5.txt c:\file\

get file6.txt c:\file\

get file7.txt c:\file\

get file8.txt c:\file\

get file9.txt c:\file\

# Disconnect

close

# Connect to a different server

open server2

# Upload the file to current working directory

put c:\file\file1.txt

put c:\file\file2.txt

put c:\file\file3.txt

put c:\file\file4.txt

put c:\file\file5.txt

put c:\file\file6.txt

put c:\file\file7.txt

put c:\file\file8.txt

put c:\file\file9.txt

# Disconnect

close

# Exit WinSCP

exit
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