When wildcard is used, command succeeds, without doing anything, if the wildcard does not match any file, by default (you can change this using option failonnomatch on command). When specific file name is used, command fails when the file does not exist. Streaming is supported with the SFTP and FTP. With the /stdout command-line switch, - can be used as a target to stream the contents of downloaded file(s) to the standard output of. To download more files to current working directory use. Target directory must end with backslash. The last parameter specifies target local directory and optionally operation mask to store file(s) under different name. To download all files in a directory, use mask *. Filename can be replaced with wildcard to select multiple files.

If more parameters are specified, all except the last one specify set of files to download. If only one parameter is specified, downloads the file to local working directory. You may want to consider a different transfer protocol.Downloads one or more files from remote directory to local directory. Write-Host 'Error: $($_.Exception.Message)' Write-Host 'Download of $($transfer.FileName) succeeded' $session.GetFiles($remotePath, $localPath, $False, $transferOptions)įoreach ($transfer in $transferResult.Transfers)

$transferOptions = New-Object WinSCP.TransferOptions SshHostKeyFingerprint = 'ssh-rsa 2048 xxxxxxxxxxx.='

$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property = ::Sftp Here's a powershell script example you may like to customise and try:Īdd-Type -Path 'WinSCPnet.dll' # Setup session options There's no programmatic way to make the transfer faster. The overriding factor for slow downloads via SFTP is your Internet connection and the connection speed (and any limits) of the SFTP server's connection.

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