WinSCP Remote Copy Scheduled Task

[DustinB3403]

So I know this has come up in the past, which is how can I create a scheduled WinSCP task to copy from one directory to a local one?

I know I'm going to have to use scheduled tasks for this, but am completely unfamiliar with where to begin.

Any WinSCP experts out there?

[travisdh1]

Well, we figured out that I can't figure out WinSCP last week I'll stick with a cygwin shell for the time being, and maybe use that Ubuntu on Windows when it's ready.

[DustinB3403]

I suppose I don't even need WinSCP I could just use an xcopy command

[travisdh1]

@DustinB3403 said in WinSCP Remote Copy Scheduled Task:

I suppose I don't even need WinSCP I could just use an xcopy command

Probably the easiest way to go. Write a little script to mount/copy/umount, easier and quicker for you.

[DustinB3403]

I built a small xcopy script to clone everything in the NFS directory to a local disk shared from my machine nightly at 2AM.

So much more simple.

Now to test it with some real files.

[JaredBusch]

@DustinB3403 said in WinSCP Remote Copy Scheduled Task:

I built a small xcopy script to clone everything in the NFS directory to a local disk shared from my machine nightly at 2AM.

So much more simple.

Now to test it with some real files.

I still don't understand why you did not simply mount the windows share on your Linux server and copy the files there.

[scottalanmiller]

@JaredBusch said in WinSCP Remote Copy Scheduled Task:

@DustinB3403 said in WinSCP Remote Copy Scheduled Task:

I built a small xcopy script to clone everything in the NFS directory to a local disk shared from my machine nightly at 2AM.

So much more simple.

Now to test it with some real files.

I still don't understand why you did not simply mount the windows share on your Linux server and copy the files there.

I think that Jared is right, this is more likely to be the easier way to go.

[scottalanmiller]

Is WinSCP that much easier to use for an SCP task than Putty's SCP command line option? Seems like you'd just make a scheduled task with Putty and done.

[DustinB3403]

Sorry @scottalanmiller and @JaredBusch (not bragging but the solution is very simple)

Below is a working result of the setup and backup job.