WinSCP Session.GetFiles error No such file or directory

Question

Using WinSCP with variables to automate downloading of specific file from remote root folder. I have no problem connecting, but the code generates error 'No such file or directory' when attempting download.

Here's the code:

' Setup session variables, connect, and download file
Dim remotefile As String = "text.zip"
Dim localpath As String = "D:\Work\Returns\"

Dim sessionOptions As New SessionOptions
With sessionOptions
   .Protocol = Protocol.Sftp
   .HostName = myftpaddress
   .UserName = myftpuser
   .Password = myftppass
   .SshHostKeyFingerprint = SSH         
End With

Using session As New Session
  'go ahead & connect
  session.Open(sessionOptions)

  Dim transferOptions As New TransferOptions
  transferOptions.TransferMode = TransferMode.Binary
  Dim transferResult As TransferOperationResult
  'now get the file
  transferResult = session.GetFiles("/" & remotefile, localpath, False, transferOptions)
End Using

Answer 1

The file you are trying to download does not exist.

You are most probably using a wrong path. Are you sure the account is chrooted? Isn't the path rather like /user/home/text.zip, rather than /text.zip?

Use WinSCP GUI to find the correct path to the file.

You can even have WinSCP GUI generate the correct SFTP VB.NET download code for you.

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If this does not help, we need to see your code session log file (set Session.SessionLogPath), as well as WinSCP GUI log file showing a download of the same file.