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01-29-2008
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| | copy-item down through folders It seems simple: I just want the equivalent of xcopy /S which copies a full directory tree. copy-item source target -recursive does not give the desired results if a subfolder to be copied already exists in the target tree. In that case, copy-item does not proceed to examine the members of the folder, to copy them. I want the target to be refreshed from the source. How to? THanks, Leo |
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01-29-2008
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| | Re: copy-item down through folders That is a bug in Copy-Item. Maybe the function in this post helps: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...A16EB51@xxxxxx -- Kiron |
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01-29-2008
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| | Re: copy-item down through folders Leo Tohill wrote: Quote: > It seems simple: I just want the equivalent of > xcopy /S > which copies a full directory tree. > > copy-item source target -recursive > does not give the desired results if a subfolder to be copied already exists > in the target tree. In that case, copy-item does not proceed to examine the > members of the folder, to copy them. > I want the target to be refreshed from the source. > How to? > THanks, > Leo > > http://www.bsonposh.com/modules/wordpress/?p=38 It might provide what you want. -- Microsoft MVP - Windows PowerShell http://www.microsoft.com/mvp PowerGadgets MVP http://www.powergadgets.com/mvp Blog: http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com |
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01-29-2008
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| | Re: copy-item down through folders Kiron, your solution doesn't address the existence of folders at any depth in the target, does it? "Kiron" wrote: Quote: > That is a bug in Copy-Item. Maybe the function in this post helps: > > http://groups.google.com/group/micro...rshell/msg/332 > 7f2d1544e7fb6?as_umsgid=6CAEDDC7-0F1A-4B21-8FB0-E6102A16EB51@xxxxxx > > -- > Kiron > |
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01-29-2008
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| | Re: copy-item down through folders The function will _copy_ every folder and file of a source folder to a target folder. If the target folder has more folders than the source - at any depth - nothing happens to them, i.e., they'll remain. The function does not synchronize the source and target, just copies everything from the source to the target maintaining the source's structure. -- Kiron |
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01-29-2008
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| | Re: copy-item down through folders The function will overwrite any existing folder/file - Hidden, ReadOnly - in the target without prompting. The function is equivalent to cmd /c xcopy /e cmd /c xcopy /? . . . /S Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones. /E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones. . . . -- Kiron |
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