ForEach-Object/Copy-Item only content (not the folder itself!)

Question

I have code that looks for folders and afterwards it looks for the criteria I am telling it. So far so good. Then I got a ForEach-Object with a Copy-Item $_.Fullname in it. The code itself is working and spitting no errors, but I don't want to copy the folder itself + its content. I just want to copy the content of the folder. I already tried things like $_.Fullname/* and so on.

Here's how my code looks like:

Get-ChildItem -Path $DestinationBackup | Where {
    $_.Name -like "$BackupName_Differential3*"
} | ForEach-Object {
    Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Recurse -Destination $Differential_Destination -Force
}

Edit 1:

My Folder structure looks like this:

M143                       ← (Root Folder)
├─Backups                  ← (Folder, here are Backups stored)
│ ├─Fullbackup...
│ ├─Incrementalbackup...   ← Copy Content of this folder, without folder)
│ └─Differentialbackup...  ← (Into this folder)
└─Backup_Script.ps1

I tried your answer (With "/" and with " \"), but it's still doing the same as before. — Rafael Gonçalves
– Rafael Gonçalves, Commented Jan 23, 2018 at 21:55
Please show a sample of your directory structure and indicate what exactly you want copied. — Ansgar Wiechers
– Ansgar Wiechers, Commented Jan 23, 2018 at 22:35
Do you have multiple incremental backup folders or just one? Does your source folder contain only files or subfolders as well? Also, why would you want to copy incremental backups to a folder for differential backups in the first place? — Ansgar Wiechers
– Ansgar Wiechers, Commented Jan 24, 2018 at 11:24
I got a folder called "incremental backup". in this folders are for every incremental backup folders like "[Backupname]-Incremental-Date-Time". My Source Folder only contains files at the moment, but it should also work with subfolders. I am copying incremental backups to a folder for differential backups, because I am testing an "alternate" way for differential backup. (No RoboCopy, not allowed to use) — Rafael Gonçalves
– Rafael Gonçalves, Commented Jan 24, 2018 at 11:33

postanote · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-24 07:15:51Z

0

This ...

Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Recurse

... is your issue. The below should be what you wanted.

(Get-ChildItem -Path E:\BackUps -Recurse).FullName

Results before Copy

E:\BackUps\Differential
E:\BackUps\Full
E:\BackUps\Incremental
E:\BackUps\Incremental\IncBU001.bkp
E:\BackUps\Incremental\IncBU002.bkp
E:\BackUps\Incremental\IncBU003.bkp

Copy-Item -Path 'E:\BackUps\Incremental\*' -Destination 'E:\BackUps\Differential'

(Get-ChildItem -Path E:\BackUps -Recurse).FullName

Results after copy

E:\BackUps\Differential
E:\BackUps\Full
E:\BackUps\Incremental
E:\BackUps\Differential\IncBU001.bkp
E:\BackUps\Differential\IncBU002.bkp
E:\BackUps\Differential\IncBU003.bkp
E:\BackUps\Incremental\IncBU001.bkp
E:\BackUps\Incremental\IncBU002.bkp
E:\BackUps\Incremental\IncBU003.bkp

answered Jan 24, 2018 at 7:15

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Rafael Gonçalves Over a year ago

Thank you for your answer. I think that might do the trick. I just don't seem to implement it correct in my code. My code looks at the moment like this:

$SearchBackup = (Get-ChildItem -Path E:\Backups -Recurse).FullName $SearchBackup  | Where {$SearchBackup -like "$BackupName_Differential3*" | ForEach-Object  {     Copy-Item -Path 'E.\Backups\Incremental\*' -Destination      'E:\Backups\Differential' }

Rafael Gonçalves Over a year ago

Thank you so much! I realised my mistake. Your Solution was: Copy-Item -Path 'I:\TBZ\M143\Backups\IncrementalBackup\*' -recurse -Destination $Differential_Destination -Force I wrote the following and now it works: Copy-Item -Path 'I:\TBZ\M143\Backups\IncrementalBackup\*\*' -recurse -Destination $Differential_Destination -Force So I just had to add an extra \asterik

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