darkoperator / darkoperator/Posh-SSH
Got generic error `Exception calling "MoveTo" with "1" argument(s): "Failure"` during `Move-SFTPItem`
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$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("<username>", (ConvertTo-SecureString -String '<password>' -AsPlainText -Force))
$session = New-SFTPSession -ComputerName host.domain.com -Credential $cred
Move-SFTPItem -SFTPSession $session -Path /outbox/testfile.txt -Destination /upload/archive
Exception calling "MoveTo" with "1" argument(s): "Failure"
At C:\Users\agent-e11\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Posh-SSH\3.2.0\Posh-SSH.psm1:1393 char:17
+ $itemInfo.MoveTo($Destination)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SshException
This is a very generic error, and there is no hint as to what is wrong. I finally tried including the destination filename along with the directory, and it worked, but I think the error message should be more useful.
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Start at Move-SFTPItem in Posh-SSH.psm1 around line 1393, where $itemInfo.MoveTo($Destination) raises the generic SshException. Reproduce the command using a directory destination versus an explicit destination filename, then make the resulting error identify the invalid or incomplete destination and verify the reported scenario.
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- powershell
- Domain
- cli, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 2/5
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