PowerShell add full path to filename and copy

Question

How can I copy the folder names to the filenames during the copy. At the moment the script copies only files from the subdirectory without all folder and sub-foldername. However, I want which takes the absolute pathname while copying.

Here an example: Folder1 Subfolder1 Subfolder2 Subfolder3 Subfolder4 File1 Folder2

Then a copied file would be called so:

Folder1_Subfolder1_Subfolder2_Subfolder3_Subfolder4_File.pdf

     Powershell code:
     Get-ChildItem –path C:\12  -Recurse -Include "*.???"  |
     Foreach-Object  { copy-item -Path $_.fullname -Destination c:\12 }

If you do that, aren't you just copying them right back to the same location? — mjolinor

Hunter Eidson Hunter Eidson · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-09T16:19:38

Ok, if I'm understanding you correctly, you want a file like:

C:\12\foo\bar\baz.txt

To be copied to:

C:\12\foo_bar_baz.txt

If I'm understanding that correctly, then something like the following should work:

function Copy-FileUsePath {
[cmdletbinding()]
    param(
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)][string]$Path,
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)][string]$Destination
    )

    $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse -Include "*.???"
    foreach ( $file in $files ) {
        $discard = $Destination.Length
        if( $Destination -notlike "*\" ) {
            $discard++
        }
        $newFileName = $file.FullName.Replace('\', '_').Remove( 0, $discard )
        $newFile = $Destination + '\' + $newFileName
        Write-Verbose "Copy-Item -Path $file.fullname -Destination $newFile"
        Copy-Item -Path $file.fullname -Destination $newFile
    }
}

To use this, save it to a file (I called it Copy-FileUsePath.ps1), and you can do the following:

. .\Copy-FileUsePath.ps1
Copy-FileUsePath -Path C:\12 -Destination C:\export

PowerShell add full path to filename and copy

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