Question

A client needs an updated copy of a file propagated to about 160 variations of the same folder structure on a Windows box. can someone help me with a script to automate this? I’m a developer, but a n00b with scripts.

the folder structure looks like:

• root
  • one
    • layouts
    • components
    • help
  • two
    • layouts
    • components
    • help
  • three
    • layouts
    • components
    • help
  • … x 160

and I need to copy the same file to the ‘components’ folder.

thanks.

Answer 1

Here is a powershell solution I cooked up that should do what you are asking. You willneed to edit the SourceDir, Dest, and the Filter to get the file or files you want.

$SourceDir = "C:\Source"
$Dest = "C:\Root"
$Files = gci -Path $SourceDir -Recurse -Filter "*.txt" |?{$_.Directory -ne $null}

$Index = ($Source.Length)
$SSFile = $UpdatedPath.Substring($Index)
$Index = $SSFile.LastIndexOf("\")
$ChildDir = $SSFile.Substring(0,$Index)
$Root = Dir -Path $Dest|?{$_.Directory -eq $null}
foreach ($File in $Files){
    foreach ($Folder in $Root){
        $FolderPath = $Folder.FullName
        $DropPath = ("{0}{1}" -f$FolderPath, $ChildDir)
        Copy-Item -Path $File.FullName -Destination $DropPath
    }
}