Error downloading file to local subfolder using WinSCP

Question

I use a batch file to get into WinSCP. The .bat reads a script file containing this:

cd /download/.stuff
get file.txt D:\Name\Sub Name\Even Lower 

changes directory fine, finds file fine, but when it comes to placing it in Sub-folder directory on my local computer I get this error

Can't get attributes of file ' D:\Name\Sub Name\Even'.
No such file or directory

I think that the syntax is correct.

Any reason why it's not dropping into that sub folder?

Thanks

Indrawn

It's probably the spaces, but seems odd it's getting past the first space but not the second. Try putting the whole "D:\..Lower" path in quotes? Try using the space-free short-names for those folders (try dir /X to find them)? – Gangrene

Thank you for your response. I tried putting in " " and computer treated it like a file. And when I take away spaces to call the folder "EVENLOWER", computer saves "EVENLOWER" as a file in D:\Name\Sub Name – Indrawn

Answer 1

As @Rub mentioned, it's the spaces. You need to enclose the paths with spaces into double-quotes. Also, you need to terminate the path with backslash. Otherwise it's going to download the file to file Even Lower in local directory D:\Name\Sub Name. But I assume that you want it to download to D:\Name\Sub Name\Even Lower, keeping the name file.txt.

This is correct syntax:

get file.txt "D:\Name\Sub Name\Even Lower\"

Some references:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting#syntax
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_get

The error message you are getting does not make much sense. When trying the same, I'm getting:

Can't get attributes of file 'D:\Name\Sub'
No such file or directory.

That makes sense as your command means: Download three remote files file.txt, D:\Name\Sub and Name\Even to local file Lower in your local current working directory (overwritting one another). So it fails finding remote file D:\Name\Sub.

Intracranial

Martin- You're a WinSCP Superstar! I have seen your work on other sites. I made those changes and it worked. Děkuji! – Indrawn