PowerShell using RoboCopy, Copy Folders/Content to another location;

PowerShell using RoboCopy, Copy Folders/Content to another location;

There are several options when it comes to copy files from source to destination directory. You can use native PowerShell cmdlet “copy-item” however, you will quickly realize it is super slow. Using RoboCopy is the way to go by and here is simple and effective script to get the job done.

<#       .NOTES #============================================= # Script      : RoboCopy-Files-V1.ps1 # Created     : ISE 3.0  # Author(s)   : CA-Casey.Dedeal  # Date        : 06/23/2020 12:58:36  # Org         : ETC Solutions # File Name   : RoboCopy-Files-V1.ps1 # Comments    : Copy Files from source to destination # Assumptions : #==============================================   SYNOPSIS           : RoboCopy-Files-V1.ps1 DESCRIPTION        : Copy folders/content source to destination Acknowledgements   : Open license Limitations        : None Known issues       : None Credits            : None   .EXAMPLE   .\RoboCopy-Files-V1.ps1     MAP:   -----------   #(1)_.Adding Vars   #(2)_.Define source and destination vars   #(3)_RoboCopy Options   #(4)_.Function to check/create destination folder     Note : Take out /TEE option if you want silent mode   $Options     = ("/B","/MIR", "/XJ", "/FFT", "/R:0", "/V", "/LOG:$LogFile")   #>       #(1)_.Define source and destination vars $timestamp = (Get-Date -format 'dd-MMM-yyyy-HH-mm-ss-') $fileName  = 'RoboCopy.LOG' $logname   = $now+$Filename   #(2)_RoboCpy Options $dataSource  = ("\\kckvdts107\c$\Users\$luser\Documents\S_Drive_Scripts_\PS_Scripts\") $dataDestin  = ("\\kckvdts109\c$\Users\$luser\Documents\S_Drive_Scripts_\") $LogFile     = ($dataDestin+$logname ) $Options     = ("/B","/MIR", '/TEE', "/XJ", "/FFT", "/R:0", "/V", "/LOG:$LogFile")     #(3)_.Function to check/create destination folder Function Function-Check-Destination-Folder{     [CmdletBinding()]   param(     [parameter(      Mandatory         = $true,      ValueFromPipeline = $true)]       [string]$DestinationPath)    Try{    if (!(Test-Path -Path $DestinationPath))  {   New-Item -Type Directory -Path $DestinationPath -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null  }   }catch{        $errormessage = $($PSItem.ToString())     Write-Warning 'Error has occoured'     Write-host 'Problem FOUND:' $errormessage -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor Black    } }   #(4)_.Function-Check-Source Folder , Stop if not found Function Function-Check-Source-Folder{     [CmdletBinding()]   param(     [parameter(      Mandatory         = $true,      ValueFromPipeline = $true)]       [string]$SourcePath)    Try{    if (!(Test-Path -Path $SourcePath))  {      Write-Host 'CANNOT locate (SOURCE) directory' -ForegroundColor White -BackgroundColor Red      Write-Host 'Script will stop' -ForegroundColor Yellow      break;    }   }catch{        $errormessage = $($PSItem.ToString())     Write-Warning 'Error has occoured'     Write-host 'Problem FOUND:' $errormessage -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor Black    } }   #(5)_.Check source path,Action:<STOP>, if it does not exist Function-Check-Source-Folder -SourcePath $dataSource   #(6)_.Create Destination,action:<CREATE>, if it does not exist Function-Check-Destination-Folder -DestinationPath $dataDestin   #(7)_Start Robocopy with pre-defined options   write-host '++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++' Write-host 'Starting RoboCopy now' -ForegroundColor Green robocopy $dataSource $dataDestin $Options

 

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