Move-Item - Beginner

Hi,
 
I am playing with the move-item command to move files between two servers. I can move the contents of Server1\Folder1 to Server2\Folder1\Work but I want to be able to do this for multiple source folders. ie Server1\Folder1 to Server2\Folder1\Work, Server1\Folder2 to Server2\Folder2\Work etc
 
I have looked at different ways of doing this but can't quite put my finger on it.
 
Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated,
 
Si

Well, it depends. In the example that you have given, the structure is the same for both cases:

Server1\Folder1 -> Server2\Folder1\Work
Server1\Folder2 -> Server2\Folder2\Work

So as you can see, the only thing that really changes is the name of one folder, so something like (untested):

('Folder1', 'Folder2') | %{Move-Item "\\Server1\$_\*" "\\Server2\$_\Work"}

Should do the trick. If however you have a more complicated need and the cases vary in a way that can't be handled by simple substitution, then you could use a dictionary. Let's say our situation was more like this:

\\Server1\Folder -> \\Server2\path\Folder
\\Server3\OtherFolder\SubFolder -> \\Server4\Folder

In this case there is no easy way to use a substitution rule, so (again untested):

$moveInfo = @{"\\Server1\Folder\*" = "\\Server2\path\Folder"; "\\Server3\OtherFolder\SubFolder\*" = "\\Server4\Folder"}; foreach($source in $moveInfo.Keys){Move-Item $source $moveInfo[$source]}

That is onelining it at the command line. In a script it would be easier to understand:

$moveInfo = @{
            "\\Server1\Folder\*" = "\\Server2\path\Folder";
            "\\Server3\OtherFolder\SubFolder\*" = "\\Server4\Folder"
}
foreach ($source in $moveInfo.Keys){
    Move-Item $source $moveInfo[$source]
}

Thank you, this was very helpful.
 
('Folder1', 'Folder2') | %{Move-Item "\\Server1\$_\*" "\\Server2\$_\Work"} will do the trick as it is simply moving user data from one server to another into an appended Work folder.
 
Is there a way of scanning the folders on server one, capturing the folder name, then substituing the new path and moving the data, then going on to the next folder?
 
My current structure is;
 
Users\Bob
         \Fred
         \John
 
and I need to move the data to:
 
Users\Bob\Work
         \Fred\Work
         \John\Work
 
Thanks again,
 
Si

Sure. To get all the subfolders, just filter for containers only:

gci C:\Path\To\Users\* | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | Select-Object name | %{Move-Item "\\Server1\$_\*" "Server2\$_\Work"}

Hi,

I really appreciate your help. I am sure we are getting closer.

I tested this by creating these folders

E:\Server1\A
                 \B
                 \C

and

E:\Server2\A\Work
                 \B\Work
                 \C\Work

then running:

gci E:\Server1\* | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | Select-Object name | %{Move-Item "E:\Server1\$_\*" "E:\Server2\$_\Work"}

It fails with the following error repeated for each folder

Move-Item : Cannot find path 'E:\Server1\@{Name=a}' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:74
+ gci E:\Server1\* | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | Select-Object name | %{Move-Item <<<<  "E:\Server1\$_\*" "E:\Server2\$_\Work
"}
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (E:\Server1\@{Name=a}:String) [Move-Item], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand

I am sure it is me but I can't see where I am going wrong.

Simon

Yeah, PS works differently when I run the code in my head as opposed to actually running it on a machine. :)

gci E:\Server1\* | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | Select-Object name | %{Move-Item "E:\Server1\$($_.Name)\*" "E:\Server2\$($_.Name)\Work"}

Fantastic, that worked a treat in testing. I would never have got there in a month of Sundays.

Thank you for your help,

Simon