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Get WinSCPItemChecksum

Thomas Malkewitz edited this page Aug 9, 2019 · 15 revisions

Get-WinSCPItemChecksum

SYNOPSIS

Calculates a checksum of a remote file.

SYNTAX

Get-WinSCPItemChecksum [-Path] <String[]> -Algorithm <String> -WinSCPSession <Session> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Calculates a checksum of a remote file.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-WinSCPItemCecksum -Path /TestDoc.txt -Algorithm MD5
174
102
29
8
209
202
21
118
166
239
203
130
183
188
80
47

PARAMETERS

-Algorithm

A name of a checksum algorithm to use. Use IANA name of algorithm or use a name of any proprietary algorithm the server supports (with SFTP protocol only). Commonly supported algorithms are sha-1 and md5.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Path

A full path to a remote file to calculate a checksum for.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WinSCPSession

It represents a session and provides methods for manipulating remote files over SFTP, SCP or FTP session.

Type: Session
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

WinSCP.Session

System.String[]

OUTPUTS

System.Array

NOTES

RELATED LINKS

WinSCP reference