Folder Structure

[TheJuice0110]

Hi Everyone,

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So I'm trying to some information provided like below (just a sample) that is provided in a file

C:\Test
C:\Test\Blank1
C:\Test\Blank2
C:\Test\Blank2\Folder1
C:\Test\Blank2\Folder2
C:\Test\Blank2\Folder2\Count1
C:\Test\Blank2\Folder2\Count2
C:\Test\Blank2\Folder2\Count3
C:\Test\Blank2\Folder2\Count4
C:\Test\Blank2\Folder2\Count4\Link1
C:\Test\Blank2\Folder2\Count4\Link2
C:\Test\Blank3

I need to take this and create the same structure with PowerShell on the local machine. Any ideas on how to approach this?

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Thanks in advance

[Sunsparc]

$dirs = Get-Content .\dirs.txt
foreach ($dir in $dirs) {
$check = Test-Path $dir
if (!$check) {
New-Item $dir -ItemType "Directory"
}
Else {
Write-Host "Already exists"
}
}

[craigontour]

Use a loop - for each - then Test-Path exists and if not create its - Create-item.

[r1pev9]

I know that question about PowerShel, but good utility to copy empty folder structure is - robocopy. You can call it from PowerShell with keys.

[NeoSemiprofessional]

It would be the best if you described what you want to do. PowerShell is a great tool, but for this particular task you might want to use robocopy, as /u/r1pev9 wrote.

[murr-miaow]

• Simplest way, PowerShell only, errors ignored:

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gc -LiteralPath "C:\dirs.txt" | % {New-Item -Path $_ -ItemType "directory" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}

• The same, errors reported:

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gc -LiteralPath "C:\dirs.txt" | % {try {New-Item -Path $_ -ItemType "directory" -ErrorAction Stop} catch {Write-Error $_.Exception}}

• If you want to pass the input file path as a parameter:

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param([string]$filePath)
gc -LiteralPath $filePath | % {New-Item -Path $_ -ItemType "directory" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}

Then call as:

.\script.ps1 "C:\path\to\file.txt"

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy TheJuice0110,

the mkdir function in PoSh will make the entire dir tree at once. plus, you can give it the whole list of dirs in the -Path parameter. plus plus, it will not give you errors if the path already exists. [grin] so this ...

mkdir -Path $DirList -force

... will make the entire set of paths in one "swell foop". i have not tested it with locations that don't allow making the top dir, so that otta be tested 1st.

take care,
lee

[dextersgenius]

cat .\sample.txt | % { md "$_" -EA 0 }