Selecting FTP protocol in WinSCP script

Question

Before scheduling script it is worth to check how it works. so from Command Prompt I have just run my batch file.

The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections. Did you want to use FTP protocol instead of SFTP? Prefer using encryption.

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As shown in the image above, I have specified that It is FTP file protocol. But It doesn't help.

So far I have looked up:

• https://winscp.net/eng/docs/message_server_rejected_sftp_listens_for_ftp
• https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login

And It works fine on FileZilla as FTP. Therefore, I can eliminate the following possibilities:

• Server unexpectedly closed network connection;
• Network error: Connection refused;
• Network error: Connection reset by peer;
• Network error: Connection timed out.

And here is my .bat for reference:

C:\Program Files (x86)\winSCP\winSCP.com" /script="C:\test\Test.txt

And .txt:

option batch abort
option confirm off
open ***.**.**.**
lcd C:\Transfer\ToABCTest\
get -delete  /test_edi_in/*.txt
close
exit

Answer 1

You have to specify the FTP protocol in the script using the ftp:// scheme in the session URL:

open ftp://***.**.**.**