Powershell Error while organizing files by lastmodified-CodePudding

I am trying to move files in directories by year from lastmodifiedtime and sub-directory by month from lastmodifiedtime.. it is giving itemnotfound error..

$sourcepath = 'c:\cameraroll\'
$targetPath = 'c:\cameraroll_organised\'
$files = Get-ChildItem $sourcepath -Recurse | where {!$_.PsIsContainer}
 
foreach ($file in $files)
{
  $year = $file.LastWriteTime.Year.ToString()
  $month = $file.LastWriteTime.Month.ToString()
  $Directory = $targetPath   "\"   $year   "\"   $month

  $file | Move-Item -Destination $Directory
}

CodePudding user response：

Just add condition to check if driectory exist or not before moving file try this

$sourcepath = 'c:\cameraroll\'
$targetPath = 'c:\cameraroll_organised\'
$files = Get-ChildItem $sourcepath -Recurse | where {!$_.PsIsContainer}
 
foreach ($file in $files)
{
  $year = $file.LastWriteTime.Year.ToString()
  $month = $file.LastWriteTime.Month.ToString()
  $Directory = $targetPath   "\"   $year   "\"   $month

  if (!(Test-Path $Directory)){ 
     New-Item $directory -type directory
  }

  $file | Move-Item -Destination $Directory
}