FTP copy all files from a directory to local directory - windows

Question

I am trying to create a batch file that FTPs into a URL(say ftp.tester123.com.au) with directory "C:\Documents\Client\" using username mark123 and password testabc into local directory "C:\Desktop\GoHere\".
The script is to copy all the files within this ftp directory to my local machine. I have read the following msdn tutorial
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/96269
But it didn't help me with my current issue. Will winscp allow me to perform this task and create a batch file for it? I would like to automate execution of this directory - at say midnight every night. Is this possible?
Alternatively I am very familiar with .NET and winSCP has a wrapper to allow you to write C# instead of standard scripting. If I go with a .NET approach, can I create a simple .exe or batch file that can simply be executed by double clicking?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

What you are trying to do is a very trivial task. What you are missing is a conceptual understanding of the task. So it's difficult to give you an answer that will help you, as it's difficult to understand what piece of knowledge you are missing to accomplish it.
The easiest approach to start with, is to make use of WinSCP ability to generate a transfer code:
Login to your FTP server with WinSCP;
Navigate to the source remote directory and to the destination local directory;
Select the remote files to download (all files?);
Use the Files > Download command in the main menu (or the Download command in the files' context menu);
On the Download dialog, click the drop down arrow on the Transfer Settings button and select the Generate Code command.
You will get the Generate transfer code dialog.
There, you can choose if you want WinSCP to generate a WinSCP script or even complete Windows batch file:
or .NET assembly (C#) code:
(These are official screenshots from WinSCP documentation. So they show SFTP upload, not FTP download)
Now that you have your batch file or C# executable ready, you can schedule it to be run using Windows Scheduler.

Answer 2

If you have WinSCP installed, then the following code will work for you. I fetched all files from a particular folder and downloaded it to a local folder. Wrote a logfile along the way. You can generate this code using WinSCP too.
#echo off
set mydate=%date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%
set d_name=/export/home/sysm/opt/oss/server/var/fileint/pm/pmexport_%mydate%
#echo %d_name%
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.com" ^
/log="C:\Users\HP\Desktop\Datacom\Reports\WinSCP.log" /ini=nul ^
/command ^
"open sftp://YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_PASSWORD#FTP_SERVER_IP/ -hostkey=""ssh-rsa 1024 PUuYRVADKXB9j1Si+o89v2fsrsr7w2ZrV3NIqdz6kus0GtY=""" ^
"cd %d_name%" ^
"lcd C:\Users\HP\Desktop\Datacom\Reports\Test_ftp" ^
"get *" ^
"exit"
set WINSCP_RESULT=%ERRORLEVEL%
if %WINSCP_RESULT% equ 0 (
echo Success
) else (
echo Error
)
exit /b %WINSCP_RESULT%
Modfify it according to your need and then put the code into a .bat file. Later you can execute it manually or use Windows Task Scheduler.