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WinSCP and ASCII_RECSEP

What's the equivalent in WinSCP for this command:

quote "SITE ASCII_RECSEP=NONE"

Is it just -transfer=binary when using put command or it's something completely different?

From what I read it says like it's related to FTP streaming behavior. And it looks like this quote is used just to execute this SITE command on remote FTP server. But I'm not sure how to change my builtin FTP script (that part that I mentioned above) to work with WinSCP.

It looks like I need to use this call command?

https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_call

Solution

  • Yes, use the call command:

    call SITE ASCII_RECSEP=NONE

    With the FTP protocol, the WinSCP call command is an equivalent of the literal command (and its quote alias) of the Windows ftp.exe.

    See a section on the literal command in the guide for converting Windows FTP script to WinSCP script.

    And follow the quide for other issues you may encounter, when converting your script.