WinSCP: How do you add a PowerShell variable to a WinSCP PowerShell script?

Question

I'm trying to build log path and lcd variables in my WinSCP script and I don't know the proper syntax to make it work.

How can I put the variables into the script correctly? This is an example of what I'm trying to do.

$logPath = "c:\LogPath"
$lcdPath = "c:\lcdPath"

& "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.com" `  
  /log = $logPath /ini=nul `
  /command `
    "open ftpSite -hostkey=`"`"hostKey`"`" -rawsettings FSProtocol=2" `
    "cd ftpFilePath" `
    $lcdPath `
    "get * -filemask=*>=1D" `
    "exit"

Martin Prikryl · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-20 13:26:22Z

2

Your syntax for using variables is correct. It's your WinSCP command-line syntax that is wrong.

There should be no spaces around switch values. And the values should better be quoted, in case they contain spaces:
```
/log="$logPath"
```
The /log takes path to a file, not path to a directory:
```
$logPath = "c:\LogPath\WinSCP.log"
```
You are missing the actual lcd command:
```
"lcd $lcdPath" `
```
The only PowerShell issue I see in your code is that the backtick that is meant to escape a line end, has to be the last character on the line. While you have spaces after the backtick in the WinSCP.com line:
```
& "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.com" `#no spaces here
```

edited Sep 20, 2022 at 13:26

answered Sep 20, 2022 at 12:33

Martin Prikryl

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