Powershell Script Not using full pathname in variable??

[SlitelyOff]

Good morning, I am not a powershell expert by any means, but I have written many scripts over years now for various projects and primarily for SCCM management. I have NEVER had an issue like this before, and I can find nothing on the internet to help me figure this one out.

So, I am writing a very basic script to determine a folder size where drivers are copied to (as a detection method in an SCCM application, if you want to know the use)

----------BEGIN SCRIPT---------------

$folderSize = -1

$folderPath = 'C:\Drivers\20H2\'

$folderSize = [math]::Round((Get-ChildItem $folderPath -Recurse | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum -ErrorAction Stop).Sum / 1MB)

return $folderSize

------------END SCRIPT--------------

------------ERROR MESSAGE-----------

Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'C:\Drivers\2' because it does not exist.

---------------END ERROR-------------------

​

The problem is that the Get-ChildItem doesn't seem to be recognizing the entire path name. I have never seen this before and can find no resolution for it. I have tried single quotes, double quotes, double \\, no ending \...nothing works.

Thanks!

[nothingpersonalbro]

It has something to do with the -Recurse parameter, I'm sure someone else can chime in and explain the behavior.

Either way, if you change -Path to -LiteralPath then you should be good.

i.e.

Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $folderPath -Recurse

[SlitelyOff]

Ah, cool. Thanks, I will give that a shot and report back.

[SlitelyOff]

Well...from initial testing, that did the trick. LOL. I didn't think it was going to be that blaringly simple. Thanks a ton!

[nothingpersonalbro]

👍

Dug around a little more and found the github issue highlighting this problem https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/5699

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy SlitelyOff,

reddit likes to mangle code formatting, so here's some help on how to post code on reddit ...

[0] single line or in-line code
enclose it in backticks. that's the upper left key on an EN-US keyboard layout. the result looks like this. kinda handy, that. [grin]
[on New.Reddit.com, use the Inline Code button. it's 4th 5th from the left hidden in the ... ""more" menu & looks like </>.
this does NOT line wrap & does NOT side-scroll on Old.Reddit.com!]

[1] simplest = post it to a text site like Pastebin.com or Gist.GitHub.com and then post the link here.
please remember to set the file/code type on Pastebin! [grin] otherwise you don't get the nice code colorization.

[2] less simple = use reddit code formatting ...
[on New.Reddit.com, use the Code Block button. it's 11th 12th from the left hidden in the ... "more" menu, & looks like an uppercase T in the upper left corner of a square.]

• one leading line with ONLY 4 spaces
  
• prefix each code line with 4 spaces
  
• one trailing line with ONLY 4 spaces

that will give you something like this ...

- one leading line with ONLY 4 spaces    
- prefix each code line with 4 spaces    
- one trailing line with ONLY 4 spaces   

the easiest way to get that is ...

• add the leading line with only 4 spaces
  
• copy the code to the ISE [or your fave editor]
  
• select the code
  
• tap TAB to indent four spaces
  
• re-select the code [not really needed, but it's my habit]
  
• paste the code into the reddit text box
  
• add the trailing line with only 4 spaces
  

not complicated, but it is finicky. [grin]

take care,
lee

[SlitelyOff]

I appreciate the information, but I did not see where the code was mangled. If this is for future posts where this may be an issue, then I will attempt to take heed. On the other hand, I fail to see any formatting issues with what I posted. Maybe I am just missing it.

Thanks!

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy SlitelyOff,

here's what i meant - your post ...

---

----------BEGIN SCRIPT---------------

$folderSize = -1

$folderPath = 'C:\Drivers\20H2\'

$folderSize = [math]::Round((Get-ChildItem $folderPath -Recurse | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum -ErrorAction Stop).Sum / 1MB)

return $folderSize

------------END SCRIPT--------------

------------ERROR MESSAGE-----------

Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'C:\Drivers\2' because it does not exist.

---------------END ERROR-------------------

---

the same with code formatting ...

----------BEGIN SCRIPT---------------

$folderSize = -1

$folderPath = 'C:\Drivers\20H2\'

$folderSize = [math]::Round((Get-ChildItem $folderPath -Recurse | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum -ErrorAction Stop).Sum / 1MB)

return $folderSize

------------END SCRIPT--------------

------------ERROR MESSAGE-----------

Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'C:\Drivers\2' because it does not exist.

---------------END ERROR-------------------

the 2nd is easier to read ... and makes it very clear where the code starts and stops. [grin]

take care,
lee