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solid

Mr. Prikryl,

I apologize. I did not read your first response correctly. I will try with the RC version. Sorry about that, and thank you for the reply. :oops:
martin

solid wrote:

but I've upgraded to the latest version: 5.5.6 (Build 4746), but it still doesn't seem to work for me.

Again, the %TIMESTAMP% syntax is supported in the latest WinSCP 5.6.x RC version only.
solid

martin wrote:


This is correct. But from the "WinSCP3" in the path, I assume you are using some really ancient version of WinSCP. The %TIMESTAMP% syntax is supported in the latest WinSCP 5.6.x RC version only.


Mr. Prikryl,

You are correct. I was testing with an outdated version of WinSCP, but I've upgraded to the latest version: 5.5.6 (Build 4746), but it still doesn't seem to work for me. For now, I'm just using a wildcard, but would like to use the actual file name if possible.

Working: 
# Automatically abort script on errors

option batch abort

# Disable overwrite confirmations that conflict with the previous

option confirm off

# Connect to FTP server

open ftp://user:pass@ftp.company.com/

# Upload file

put C:\pathtofile\1234*

# Disconnect

close

# Exit

exit


Is this exactly how the code should appear?:

put C:\pathtofile\1234_%TIMESTAMP#mmddyy%_01
martin

solid wrote:

I'm not sure if this will work? 

winscp.com /command ^

    "option batch abort" ^

    "option confirm off" ^

    "open ftp://user:password@example.com/" ^

    "put 1234_%TIMESTAMP#mmddyy%_01" ^

    "exit"


Martin Prikryl, I'm sure you know this.

This is correct. But from the "WinSCP3" in the path, I assume you are using some really ancient version of WinSCP. The %TIMESTAMP% syntax is supported in the latest WinSCP 5.6.x RC version only.
solid

OK, here's what I'm seeing now. So close, yet so far... 

C:\PROGRA~2\WinSCP3>pause

Press any key to continue . . .



C:\PROGRA~2\WinSCP3>WinSCP.com /script=test.txt

batch           abort

confirm         off

Connecting to ftp.website.com ...

Connected with ftp.website.com. Waiting for welcome message...

Connected

Starting the session...

Reading remote directory...

Session started.

Active session: [1] username@ftp.website.com

File or folder 'C:\test\1234_%%TIMESTAMP#mmddyy%%_01' does not exist.

System Error.  Code: 2.

The system cannot find the file specified

(A)bort, (R)etry, (S)kip, Ski(p) all: Abort


I tried single "%", double, etc. :(
solid

I'm not sure if this will work? 

winscp.com /command ^

    "option batch abort" ^

    "option confirm off" ^

    "open ftp://user:password@example.com/" ^

    "put 1234_%TIMESTAMP#mmddyy%_01" ^

    "exit"


Martin Prikryl, I'm sure you know this.
solid

Simple Batch File Possible?

Hello WinSCP. This is all new to me, so be kind. :)

I have a file that I upload every weekday @ 11:00am. I want to automate the FTP process that I currently do manually. The file is created every weekday @ 9:30am, and is named "1234_MMDDYY_01". "1234_" and "_01" are constant, but the MMDDYY changes everyday. The answer to this is here I'm sure:

https://winscp.net/eng/docs/script_download_timestamped_filename

...but I can't figure out the date part of the filename. I also found this example in the forum, but I don't think this will work: 

@echo off

@For /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do @(

   Set Month=%%A

   Set Day=%%B

   Set Year=%%C

       

        set file=1234_%Month%%Day%%Year%_01


If someone could type out a quick example, that would be great.

Thanks in advance.

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