Copy files from a text list and preserve folder structure-CodePudding

Textfile contains full path of each file, all these need to be copied while preserving folder structure

C:\test2\sample2.jpg


G:\test3\folder1\sample3.mov


C:\test6\fol der1 \sample77.iso


D:\test3\folder1\fo  $der2\sample5.mkv

New to powershall so this is the code i tried

$destination = "C:\copy_folder"
"C:\filelist.txt"

Get-Content $textFileWithPaths | % {
  $NewFolder = Split-Path (Join-Path $destination $_) -Parent | Split-Path -NoQualifier`

  If(!(Test-Path $NewFolder)){
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $NewFolder -Force
}
 Copy-Item $_ $NewFolder -Force
}

Thanks

CodePudding user response：

The main issue I'm seeing is that you're not removing the Root of each path from your file before joining them with their new destination.

Basically, this part:

Split-Path (Join-Path $destination $_) -Parent | Split-Path -NoQualifier

Should be:

Split-Path $_ -NoQualifier | Join-Path $destination -ChildPath { $_ }

This should do the trick:

$destination = (New-Item C:\copy_folder -ItemType Directory -Force).FullName

Get-Content $textFileWithPaths | ForEach-Object {
    $path = Join-Path $destination $_.Substring([IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($_).Length)
    $null = [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory([IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($path))
    Copy-Item -LiteralPath $_ -Destination $path
}