Copying files from the same location as the script

Hi,
I've got a script that i'm executing from C:\MININT. Part of that script
copies files using the copy-item command. To execute it, i run powershell
C:\Minint\Script.ps1. However, it errors out when it tries to reference any
certain file because it is still trying to look in the path i executed it
from instead of the path in which the script is located. Is there something i
forgot to type in to tell it to look in the script path?

You can cd into that dir and perform the copy:

# Adds the current location to the top of a list of locations ("stack"),
*remember* the current location
pushd $pwd

cd C:\MININT
copy-item file.ext ...

# changes the current location to the location most recently pushed onto
the stack (pushd)
popd



Or append each file name to the script's current directory :


$workingDirectory = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
copy-file $workingDirectory\file.ext ...



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Thanks Shay. The problem with those is if those files are moved to C:\Temp
for instance, the ps file will have to be adjusted to accomodate that. Is
there a way to just have it see those files as the same place as the script?

"Shay Levi" wrote:

You can cd into temp and perform the copy.


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You can use this to get the path of the script:

$MyLocation = (Split-Path $myinvocation.MyCommand.path -Parent)

greatbarrier86 wrote:

There is no need to include -Parent, it's the default split location parameter




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