WinSCP - How to recognize if file was transferred successfully

Question

I\'m using WinSCP to automatically upload files through SFTP. I have turned on debug log on level 1. Is it possible to find out if the file was uploaded successfully? Thank

Answer 1

Quoting WinSCP FAQ How do I know that script completed successfully?:

You can tell the result of script by WinSCP exit code. Code 0 indicates success, while 1 indicates an error. For more details refer to scripting documentation.

Batch script (specified using /script or /command command-line switches) terminates with code 1 immediately once any error occurs. You can change this using option batch command.

To find out why the script failed, inspect session log.

For an example see a guide to transfer automation or the example on retrying s/connection attempt.

If you need a better control of error handling, consider using WinSCP .NET assembly instead (e.g. from a PowerShell script).

Answer 2

WinSCP has an option to log all your operations into an XML log. you can then analyze the log to know exactly what happened during the session.

Answer 3

Below,is the batch file I use to accomplish a sync from an ftp server to a local directory, deleting any changes on the local side.The batch file also saves a XML log of all transfers.

@echo off
cd %programfiles(x86)%\winscp\
start /b winscp.exe /log="C:\Sync\logs\!M-!D-!Y@!T.xml" /xmlgroups /command "open   ftp://username:password@ftp.foo.com" "synchronize local -delete -criteria=size     ""C:\Users\jdoe\Documents\Synced Docs"" / 

The parameter that you will want to play with is the "winscp.exe /log="C:\Sync\logs!M-!D-!Y@!T.xml" /xmlgroups"