Powershell - Copy folders alongside files in each sub folder

Question

I have the following structure

- folder1
 - file1
 - folder2
   - file2
 - folder3
   - file3
   - file4
   - file5
- folder4
 - file6
 - folder5
   - file7
 - folder5
   - file8

I am trying to copy all the file and the folders to a different directory but what happens is that the folders (folder 1, 2, 3) are copied; within folder 3 are all the corresponding files (file3, file4, and file5) but file1 and file2 which files in folder 1 and folder 2 are left out in the copy.

Below is the powershell code snippet i use:

Copy-Item -Path c:\folder1\folder2\folder3\* -Destination d:\ -Recurse -Verbose

you need to quote a path with spaces: "c:\folder 1\folder 2\folder 3\*". To rephrase, are you looking to copy everything within "Folder 1" to "*d:*"? — Abraham Zinala
– Abraham Zinala, Commented Mar 30, 2022 at 13:51
why do you expect file1 & file2 to be copied? they are NOT in the specified source dir ... [frown] — Lee_Dailey
– Lee_Dailey, Commented Mar 30, 2022 at 14:22
I updated the question and removed the spaces, sorry for the confusion. I am looking to copy from level 1 (folder1) till the contents of folder3 to d: — floki91
– floki91, Commented Mar 30, 2022 at 14:23
should -Recurse parameter not cause file1 & file2 to be copied since they are along the path/level of folder3 ? — floki91
– floki91, Commented Mar 30, 2022 at 14:34
@floki91, -Recurse starts working at c:\folder1\folder2\folder3\ and gets everything below that. If you want everything below folder1, then try c:\folder1\* instead. — Darin
– Darin, Commented Mar 30, 2022 at 14:39

floki91 · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-08 11:37:00Z

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This was what had worked for me - it maybe dirty but it works;

I iterated through the paths copied the files i needed as a complete path into the new location.

The code is unfortunately a combination of groovy and powershell

for(i in pathArray ) { if (i.toString() != "jobs") { . . . def copySpec = powershell(returnStdout: true, script: """ Get-ChildItem '${JENKINS_HOME}\\jobs\\${newPath}*' -Filter *.xml | Copy-Item -Destination ${remoteFolder}${newPath} -Force -PassThru -verbose """)

answered Dec 8, 2022 at 11:37

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