Copy files sequential with 60s queue in powershell

Question

The task is to copy files from one directory to another:

Copy-Item $source\*.pdf -Destination $target

The difficulty is that they should be copied sequentially, but each with a Time Offset of 60 seconds. Is there any way I can do this with PowerShell?

I am grateful for any help.
Greetings, Irmi

You just need a loop and Start-Sleep :)

Santiago Squarzon
– Santiago Squarzon

2021-06-09 15:19:24 +00:00
Commented Jun 9, 2021 at 15:19 — Santiago Squarzon
– Santiago Squarzon, Commented Jun 9, 2021 at 15:19
TY. that sounds like a good approach. I'll try :-)

irmi
– irmi

2021-06-09 15:26:22 +00:00
Commented Jun 9, 2021 at 15:26 — irmi
– irmi, Commented Jun 9, 2021 at 15:26

mklement0 · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-09 15:29:51Z

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Use Start-Sleep to wait in between copy operations in a loop:

foreach($file in Get-ChildItem path\to\source\folder -Filter *.pdf){
  # Wait 60s 
  Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
  # Copy file
  $file |Copy-Item -Destination path\to\destination\folder
}

edited Jun 9, 2021 at 15:29

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answered Jun 9, 2021 at 15:26

Mathias R. Jessen

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irmi Over a year ago

Perfect! It works like a charme :-) Many thx, Mathias!

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