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DuaneH
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Feb 01, 2022

Watch Source Folder and Create and Move to Destination Folder

Hi There, Can someone assist with my code below. It wont create the sub directory and move the .zip file to the destination folder. I need the script to watch for new .zip files, create a subfolder ...
  • Harm_Veenstra's avatar
    Harm_Veenstra
    Feb 02, 2022

    DuaneH 

     

    Changed it a little to this:

     

     

    $ZipFileSearchFolder = "C:\TESTsearch"
    
    $DestionationFolder = "C:\TESTdestination\2022"
    
    $Filter = "*.zip"
    
    if(-not (Test-Path $DestionationFolder))
    {
    New-Item -Path $DestionationFolder -ItemType Directory
    }
    
    $Watcher = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher $ZipFileSearchFolder, $Filter -Property @{
    IncludeSubdirectories = $true
    NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite'
    }
    $OnCreated = Register-ObjectEvent $Watcher Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action {
    $DayOfYear = (Get-Date).DayOfYear
    $SourcePath = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath
    $SourceName = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name
    $File = Get-Item $SourcePath
    if (-not (Test-Path "$($DestionationFolder)\$($DayOfYear)")) {
    New-Item -Path "$($DestionationFolder)\$($DayOfYear)" -ItemType Directory
    }
    $NewName = $File.BaseName+"-"+$DayOfYear+$File.Extension
    Move-Item -Path $SourcePath -Destination "$($DestionationFolder)\$($DayOfYear)" -Force -Verbose
    }

     

    But Jonathan_Allen has a nice looking solution as well 😉 

     

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