Robocopy: copy files preserving folder structure b

Question

I need to copy a folder which contains subfolders with files to a shared folder on another machine. During that the script should create a custom sub folder in each destination folder and place files there.

I hope this example clatifies the task:

1. For the following source folder:

   --Logs
   ----Application
   ------Service
   --------Log1.txt
   --------Log2.txt
   ------WebSite
   --------Log1.txt
   --------Log2.txt
   

2. Destination folder should be created in the following way:

   --Logs
   ----Application
   ------Service
   --------Machine1
   ----------Log1.txt
   ----------Log2.txt
   ------WebSite
   --------Machine1
   ----------Log1.txt
   ----------Log2.txt
   

As you see at the bottom level subfolders Machine1 have been created. Can you please provide an example of PowerShell script which performes that?

I investigated input parameters in ROBOCOPY command. It seems it doesn't allow to do that straightforward.

Also I know that I can symply iterate through all folder structure, create required sub folders and copy files to each subfolder. But it seems to be a too 'long' way. So I want to know if I'm missing anything. Maybe there is a better smart way to do that.

Answer 1

I'd suggest to use robocopy for replicating the contents of the subfolders:

$srcBase = 'C:\some\Logs\Application'
$dstBase = 'D:\other\Logs\Application'

Get-ChildItem $srcBase | ? { $_.PSIsContainer } | % {
  $dst = "$dstBase\$($_.Name)\Machine1"

  & robocopy $_.FullName $dst /e
}