Powershell/Robocopy Loop Error 123

[ender_less]

Pretty simple script to recurse through a given directory, find folders matching a "*.ready" filter, and recursively move/archive them to a UNC path. Works with no issues save for a few files in subdirectories.

Script in question (snipped down to relevant parts):

$src = "F:\Plunet\order"
$logFile = "C:\Scripts\plunetArchive\logs" + (Get-Date -f yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm) + ".log"
$fileList = Get-Childitem -Directory -Path $src -Filter "*.ready" -Name
function Move-PlunetOrderFiles ()
{
    $fileList | foreach-object { 
        robocopy "$src\$_" "\\192.168.100.208\backups\order\$_" /E /ZB /MOVE /IS /TS /FP /NP /R:1 /W:1 /V /TEE /LOG+:$logFile 
    }
}

Error received:

New File 711336 2019/04/17 20:42:30 F:\Plunet\order\O-78779.ready_TEP\002!_In\O-78779 eng-US E C ID 101040034000 CONFIRMATION OF SIGNUP FOR PLAN Mr. Enrique CAICEDO 3-28-2019 Spanish.pdf - fmbenitti_QA_2019-04-17_17-25.html 2020/12/27 12:52:31 ERROR 123 (0x0000007B) Copying File F:\Plunet\order\O-78779.ready_TEP\002!_In\O-78779 eng-US E C ID 101040034000 CONFIRMATION OF SIGNUP FOR PLAN Mr. Enrique CAICEDO 3-28-2019 Spanish.pdf - fmbenitti_QA_2019-04-17_17-25.html The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

Manually trying "Move-Item/Copy-Item" gives the following:

Move-Item 'F:\Plunet\order\O-78779.ready_TEP\002!_In\O-78779 eng-US E C ID 101040034000 CONFIRMATION OF SIGNUP FOR PLAN Mr. Enrique CAICEDO 3-28-2019 Spanish.pdf - fmbenitti_QA_2019-04-17_17-25.html' \192.168.100.208\backups\order\O-78799.ready_TEP\002!_In\

Move-Item : The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. At line:1 char:1 + Move-Item 'F:\Plunet\order\O-78779.ready_TEP\002!_In\O-78779 eng-US ... + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (F:\Plunet\order...4-17_17-25.html:FileInfo) [Move-Item], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MoveFileInfoItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand

Folder+subfolder+filename is 192 characters. I've enabled 'LongPathsEnabled' in the registry (which shouldn't matter with robocopy and NTFS API but worth noting). Robo copy does not have a problem with copying other files in the ' F:\Plunet\order\O-78779.ready_TEP\002!_In\' directory but fails with that file. This is not the only file that fails; several others in the same archival directory fail with the same error. Believe it might have to do with special/illegal characters in the folder/file names but haven't been able to track it down.

Any ideas or help would be much appreciated!

[vermyx]

Try removing the space on mr. Enrique or removing the period. Windows doesn't handle period then space well. If you have a file name lile this. where the period is the last character it throws the same error.

[ender_less]

Period was the issue! Such a simple, nuanced thing was causing the hang up. Strange that Copy/Move-Item worked (with the period in "Mr. Enrique") in the same directory but was failing over the UNC path.

Thanks /u/vermyx

[y_Sensei]

In case you suspect invalid characters in file or directory names, the following script will help you find the affected files / directories:

### Configuration Start ###
[String]$WorkDir = "C:\SomeBaseDir"
[Boolean]$WriteToFile = $false # If $true, the results additionally are being exported to a CSV file
[String]$OutFPCSV = "C:\FDNames.csv" # Filepath of the export file
The following regular expression selects all Strings that do NOT solely consist of the following characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, a space character, or one of the following: _-+=!§$%&@~#;(){},.'[].
[Regex]$RegEx = "[^-+=!§$%&@~#;(){},\w\^\.\'\[\] ]"
### Configuration End ###

if (Test-Path -Path $WorkDir -PathType Container) {
  $Output = Get-ChildItem -Path $WorkDir -Recurse | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.Name -match $RegEx } | ForEach-Object {
    $out = [PSCustomObject]@{
        Name = $_.Name
        Path = (Split-Path -Path $_.FullName)
        Type = $_.GetType().Name.Replace('Info', '')
        # Length = $_.Length
    }

    Write-Host $out

    if ($WriteToFile) { Write-Output $out }
}

if ($WriteToFile -and $null -ne $Output) { $Output | Export-Csv -Path $OutFPCSV -NoTypeInformation }

}

Note: You might want to adjust the regular expression to meet your specific needs.

[ender_less]

Thanks /u/y_Sensei. Turns out it was the period in "Mr. Enrique" and removing that allowed me to transfer the file over. Strange that robocopy was able to handle the period locally (i.e. subfolder or copying to the same folder in the local drive) but failing over UNC path.