How run a command with windows task schedular with arguments

Question

I want to schedule a task that for each file in a specific local directory deletes a file with the same name on a remote server's directory.

On the command I run this

for  %f in (*) do start winscp /command "open ftp://user:password@mythost.com/"   "rm %f" "close" "exit"

and it works

but when I run it as a scheduled task and starting the cmd.exe program and passing in the following argument for %f in (*) do start winscp /command "open ftp://user:pass@host.com/" "rm %f" "close" "exit" it doesnt work

what is my problem?

Does this answer your question? Command works from command line, but not from Task Scheduler — Martin Prikryl, Jan 07 '21 at 07:32
Please kindly check if the following thread was helpful to you:How to pass an argument to a Windows Scheduled Task with spaces in it — Sunny, Jan 07 '21 at 08:13

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '21 at 22:00

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You need to add "/c" at the beginning of the arguments:

/c for  %f in (*) do start winscp  /command "open ftp://user:pass@host.com/"   "rm %f" "close" "exit"

So the complete command would become as follows:

cmd.exe /c for  %f in (*) do start winscp  /command "open ftp://user:pass@host.com/"   "rm %f" "close" "exit"

For more details, see also this thread: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5047185/5538923 .

answered Jan 06 '21 at 22:00

marcor92

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Good, but now I scheduled the task. Each time the task runs it opens a cmd promp window. Can I stop this? @marcor92 – Meir Jan 08 '21 at 02:37
@Meilech in order not to show the cmd prompt window, you can try to remove the "/command" from your arguments. For more details see here: https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10977 and here: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/commandline#scripting . – marcor92 Jan 08 '21 at 12:09

How run a command with windows task schedular with arguments

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