WinSCP timestamp as a user input/from file

Question

I have a WinSCP command in a batch file as described below:

get -neweronly event_%TIMESTAMP#yyyymmdd%_0000.db C:\events\test

What I want to do is set the TIMESTAMP from a user input (e.g. from a text file) I do not want to use the current computer time - Is this possible?

If I put a date of 20180101 in a text file and import it, would this be the solution?

set /p TIMESTAMP=<Timestampdate.txt

Would I need to do anything to the TIMESTAMP in the get -neweronly event_%TIMESTAMP#yyyymmdd%_0000.db C:\events\test?

Martin Prikryl · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-12 17:34:53Z

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If you want to use an environment variable in WinSCP script, use syntax %NAME%. The #yyyymmdd part cannot be there, nor does it make any sense.

And while WinSCP will not override an existing TIMESTAMP variable with its own value, it's definitely better to use a different name, to avoid ambiguity. After all, your variable is just a generic environment variable, it has nothing to with WinSCP TIMESTAMP syntax.

In batch file:

set /p MYTIMESTAMP=<Timestampdate.txt

In WinSCP script:

get -neweronly event_%MYTIMESTAMP%_0000.db C:\events\test

edited Sep 12, 2018 at 17:34

answered Sep 12, 2018 at 17:09

Martin Prikryl

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