PowerShell like Robocopy

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PowerShell like Robocopy

SourSnacks 101

Hello All -

Trying to locally copy all folders a files which is approximately 141GB within a specific directory to a network file share. I was initially trying to use Robocopy, however I'm doing something wrong since I'm receiving "Error : No Destination Directory Specified". I know this is not correct since I created the share and can manually copy/paste folders and files to and from without issue. I tried another PowerShell script that I'm using for backups to the same share, which works, but the script is far to granular for what I'm wanting to do for this. Basically I'd like to use PowerShell to perform the same function as Robocopy command I'm using similarly below.

Example:

"robocopy c:\source\test-folder1 \destination\test-folder2 /e"

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Leon Laude 86,026

Hi @SourSnacks ,

The equivalent of your robocopy script in PowerShell would be something as follows:

Copy-Item -Path "C:\source\test-folder1\*" -Destination \\destination\test-folder2

The robocopy command you've posted seems correct and works for me, you could try placing double quotes around your source and destination:

robocopy "c:\source\test-folder1" "\\destination\test-folder2" /E

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Best regards,
Leon

SourSnacks 101 Reputation points

2021-06-24T20:14:32.143+00:00

Hello Leon -

Thanks for the speedy response. When I try your line it only copies the contents under the first or root directory. There is one folder within that first directory that has a multitude of files and folders nested within that aren't being copied over to the network share.

Sour
SourSnacks 101 Reputation points

2021-06-24T20:21:10.69+00:00

LOL

So for giggles I tried the robocopy command with the quotes and it worked!

Thanks Leon you rock like a bag of skittles.

Sour
Leon Laude 86,026 Reputation points

2021-06-24T20:44:02.833+00:00

Glad to hear it worked out :-) you're welcome.

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