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Receive WinSCPItem

Thomas Malkewitz edited this page Aug 9, 2019 · 17 revisions

Receive-WinSCPItem

SYNOPSIS

Downloads one or more files from remote directory to local directory.

SYNTAX

Receive-WinSCPItem [-RemotePath] <String[]> [[-LocalPath] <String>] [-Remove]
 [-TransferOptions <TransferOptions>] -WinSCPSession <Session> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Downloads one or more files from remote directory to local directory.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

PS C:\> Receive-WinSCPItem -RemotePath ftpDoc1.txt


   Destination: C:\

IsSuccess FileName
--------- --------
True      ftpDoc1.txt

EXAMPLE 2

PS C:\> New-WinSCPItem -Path NewWinSCPItem.txt -ItemType File -Value "Hello World!"


   Directory: ./

Mode                  LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                  -------------     ------ ----
---------      7/5/2017 10:54:45 AM         12 NewWinSCPItem.txt


PS C:\> Receive-WinSCPItem -RemotePath NewWinSCPItem.txt -LocalPath C:\Users\dotps1\Desktop -Remove


   Destination: C:\Users\dotps1\Desktop

IsSuccess FileName
--------- --------
True      NewWinSCPItem.txt

PARAMETERS

-LocalPath

Full path to download the file to. When downloading multiple files, the filename in the path should be replaced with operation mask or omitted (path ends with backslash).

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: Destination

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-RemotePath

Full path to remote directory followed by slash and wildcard to select files or subdirectories to download.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: Path

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Remove

When set to true, deletes source remote file(s) after transfer. Defaults to false.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TransferOptions

Transfer options. Defaults to null, what is equivalent to New-WinSCPTransferOption.

Type: TransferOptions
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WinSCPSession

It represents a session and provides methods for manipulating remote files over SFTP, SCP or FTP session.

Type: Session
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

WinSCP.Session

System.String[]

OUTPUTS

WinSCP.TransferOperationResult

NOTES

RELATED LINKS

WinSCP reference