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WinSCP is an open source free SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows. WinSCP is commonly used by developers to upload their code, such as PHP, to web servers. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and .NET assembly to automate file transfer tasks.

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer.

WinSCP is commonly used by developers to upload their code, such as PHP, to web servers.

WinSCP can be used to automate file transfer tasks, either using basic scripting interface or, for advanced tasks, using .NET assembly.

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For questions specific to the WinSCP .NET assembly, in addition to the main tag use also the .

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WinSCP .NET assembly throwing "The winscp.exe executable was not found at location of the assembly" when installed to GAC for SSIS

I have a package which downloads files from FTP using WinSCP which runs perfectly when I execute it locally. But we are facing issues when we run from the deployed version from SSIS DB Catalog. GAC registration already done for the .dll file. Below…
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Synchronizing today's files from remote to local directory using WinSCP

I need to synchronize files from remote to local directory using the following command synchronize local "D:\ftp\OUT" /out It works fine but is there a way to download files which their dates of creation are today?
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Export sessions from WinSCP to FileZilla

I have been using WinSCP for a while and have decided to give FileZilla another go for a while before I make the final decision. Is there a way to export all my saved sessions from WinSCP and import them into FileZilla?
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MySQLdump to directory with WinSCP or similar

On my CentOS VPS server I currently backup all my hosted website files via an automated SFTP session using a script. I use WinSCP for this. Unfortunately, this does not include a backup of the MySQL databases which I have about 20 of. Is it best to…
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WinSCP: Where can I find the list of successfully transfered files? Like in FileZilla

When I transfer files with WinSCP, I only see them while they are being transferred. Once the files are uploaded/downloaded the queue becomes empty and no "history" is available. Am I missing something? Is there a plugin to see successful transfers?
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Importing WinSCP source files into Microsoft Visual Studio 2008?

I am pretty new to programming. I would like to download an open source project and build it in my Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. In fact, I tried to import and build the application WinSCP: https://sourceforge.net/projects/winscp/ But I didn’t…
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Change file extension after FTP transfer

I'm transferring a small text file over FTP and trying to change the file extension after the transfer's been completed so the destination server can process the contents, how do I do this, the commands on winscp.net aren't particularly helpful but…
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Persistent WinSCP connection for batch copy in Python

I'm trying to copy thousands files to a remote server. These files are generated in real-time within the script. I'm working on a Windows system and need to copy the files to a Linux server (hence the escaping). I currently have: import…
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How do I convert public RSA key (in text form) to private PPK key file?

I have been 'emailed' a "PUBLIC" AES 256 RSA Key (for example): "ssh-rsa AAASDHFhdfsdSDHF2SHdf932hSDF29SDFHSDF2SDFHSDF23SHDFewhw92sdfhSDFS29843SdhsdfZSDH= some@bunk" Now, I am being asked to use it for a WinSCP SFTP session connection. I see…
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How to get a directories file size from an FTP protocol in a .NET application

I am currently making a small .NET console application to do an automateed backup of some of my files onto my server. The issue that I am running into is that I've had some bad weather on my end which led to some power and network outages. During…
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replace WinSCP with FileZilla - is this possible?

well i am a admirer of the superb WinSCP (see http://winscp.net ) FTP-client for many years. Several months i switched to Linux - now i run a OpenSuse 11.4. Question - can i replace WinSCP with FileZilla - is this possible Well i did not yet got…
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How can I login to amazon ec2 with root directly in PuTTY or WinSCP?

How can I login to Amazon EC2 with root directly in PuTTY?? Each time I need to su - root first and change to root... Is there any other ways?? How can I login to Amazon EC2 with root directly in WinSCP or Filezilla?? Since I want to "push" the…
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Only upload the latest folder to FTP (Local -> Remote)

I need to be able to upload a local folder (created daily) to a remote FTP everyday. I’ve messed with WinSCP file masks (i.e. put -filemask="*>=today" C:\local\ /) and ran into issues where it would upload the latest folder (contained subfiles) but…
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Monitoring uploaded files on FTP server using WinSCP .NET assembly in PowerShell

I trying to write PowerShell script who can send a email when a new file his drop on a FTP (I'm not the owner of the FTP so I can't do a cron job). I got a error because I'm using the Contains method and after some research Contains doesn't work…
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Downloading SFTP files through WinSCP on a Windows Service freezes

I'm trying to build a service that downloads some log files using SFTP and imports them to the database. Because Delphi doesn't come with SFTP components, I have created a BAT file to download the logs using WinSCP DownloadLogs.bat: WinSCP.com <…
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