I've been pretty excited about the annual scripting games. This is only my second Games, but they have been a terrific Powershell learning experience for me. This year it's being run by Don Jones and his gang:
http://scriptinggames.org/
http://powershell.org/wp/
Their PHP-based website has already shown to be a little buggy, and I will eat road salt before I enable Java in my browser, so I won't be using their chat room, but you have to cut them some slack as it's a brand new site that has never been used before.
When people comment on the scripts you submit, it can be humbling but is also a good learning experience for being able to tell what people wanted out of your script but didn't get. There's not any error-handling to speak of in this script - I knew that was a risk I was taking by submitting a script with no error handling, but the event description stated that I should "display all errors clearly," which is exactly what the script does with no error handling. Still, I could have still used error handling to make it a little more elegant. Also, I guess I've got to break down and start doing the -WhatIf and -Confirm junk, even though I don't exactly want to, it's going the extra mile.
Without further ado:
#Requires -Version 3
Function Move-OldFiles
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Move files that are older than a specified number of days. (Default is 90 days.)
Use the verbose switch if you want to see output, otherwise the Cmdlet shows only errors.
.DESCRIPTION
Move files that are older than a specified number of days (default 90) from the
source directory to a destination directory. Directory recursion is on by default,
but can be disabled with the -NoRecurse switch. The subdirectory structure will be
preserved at the destination. By default, all files are moved, but a file pattern
can be specified with the -Pattern parameter. By default, files that already exist at
the destination and are readonly are not overwritten, unless the -Force switch is used.
This cmdlet works with drive letters as well as UNC paths. By default, only errors are shown.
Use the -Verbose switch if you want to see more output. This function requires Powershell 3.
.PARAMETER SourceDirectory
Specifies the source directory from which you want to move files. E.g. C:\Logs or C:\Logs\
This must be a valid directory. The alias for this parameter is Source.
.PARAMETER DestinationDirectory
Specifies the destination directory to which you want to move files. E.g. E:\Archives or
E:\Logs\Old\ or \\SERVER02\Share\Logs. This must be a valid directory. The alias for
this parameter is Destination.
.PARAMETER OlderThan
The number of days that a file's age must exceed before it will be moved. This is
an optional parameter whose default is 90 days. This parameter must be a positive
integer. The alias for this parameter is Age.
.PARAMETER Pattern
This is an optional filename filter. E.g., *.log or *.txt or Report*.html.
The alias for this parameter is Filter.
.PARAMETER NoRecurse
This is a switch that indicates whether the cmdlet will process files in subdirectories
underneath the specified source directory. By default, recursion is on. Optional.
.PARAMETER Force
This is a switch that indicates whether files that already exist at the destination
and are readonly will be overwritten. By default they are not overwritten. Optional.
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Move-OldFiles -Source C:\Application\Log -Destination \\NASServer\Archives -OlderThan 90 -Filter *.log
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Move-OldFiles C:\Logs \\NASServer\Archives 90 *.log
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Move-OldFiles -SourceDirectory C:\Logs -DestinationDirectory \\NAS\Archives -Age 31 -Pattern *.log -Force
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Move-OldFiles C:\Logs \\NAS\Archives
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
Param([Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = 'Source directory, e.g. C:\Logs')]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path $_ -PathType Container})]
[Alias('Source')]
[String]$SourceDirectory,
[Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = 'Destination directory, e.g. \\NASServer\Archives')]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path $_ -PathType Container})]
[Alias('Destination')]
[String]$DestinationDirectory,
[Parameter(Position = 2, Mandatory = $False, HelpMessage = 'The number of days old the file must be in order to be moved.')]
[ValidateScript({$_ -GT 0})]
[Alias('Age')]
[Int]$OlderThan = 90,
[Parameter(Position = 3, Mandatory = $False, HelpMessage = 'The file pattern to match, e.g. *.log')]
[Alias('Filter')]
[String]$Pattern = "*",
[Parameter(Position = 4, Mandatory = $False, HelpMessage = 'Disable directory recursion, i.e. only copy the directory specified.')]
[Switch]$NoRecurse = $False,
[Parameter(Position = 5, Mandatory = $False, HelpMessage = 'Specify to overwrite existing readonly files at the destination.')]
[Switch]$Force = $False)
$Start = Get-Date
If(!($SourceDirectory.EndsWith("\")))
{
$SourceDirectory = $SourceDirectory + "\"
}
If(!($DestinationDirectory.EndsWith("\")))
{
$DestinationDirectory = $DestinationDirectory + "\"
}
Write-Verbose "Source Directory: $SourceDirectory"
Write-Verbose "Destination Directory: $DestinationDirectory"
Write-Verbose "Move Files Older Than: $OlderThan Days"
Write-Verbose "Filename Filter: $Pattern"
Write-Verbose "Exclude Subdirectories: $NoRecurse"
Write-Verbose "Overwrite if Readonly: $Force"
If($NoRecurse)
{
$SourceFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceDirectory -Filter $Pattern -File | Where-Object LastWriteTime -LT (Get-Date).AddDays($OlderThan * -1)
Write-Verbose "$($SourceFiles.Count) files found in $SourceDirectory matching pattern $Pattern older than $OlderThan days."
}
Else
{
$SourceFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceDirectory -Filter $Pattern -File -Recurse | Where-Object LastWriteTime -LT (Get-Date).AddDays($OlderThan * -1)
Write-Verbose "$($SourceFiles.Count) files found in $SourceDirectory matching pattern $Pattern older than $OlderThan days."
}
[Int]$FilesMoved = 0
ForEach($File In $SourceFiles)
{
Write-Verbose "Moving $($File.FullName)"
$DestinationFullName = $DestinationDirectory + $($File.FullName).Replace($SourceDirectory, $null)
$DestinationFileDirectory = $DestinationFullName.Replace($DestinationFullName.Split('\')[-1], $null)
If($PSBoundParameters['Verbose'])
{
Write-Progress -Activity "Move-OldFiles" `
-Status "Moving files..." `
-CurrentOperation "Transferring $($File.FullName)`..." `
-PercentComplete $([Math]::Round($FilesMoved / $SourceFiles.Count * 100, 0))
}
If($Force)
{
If(!(Test-Path $DestinationFileDirectory -PathType Container))
{
Write-Verbose "Creating directory $DestinationFileDirectory"
New-Item $DestinationFileDirectory -Type Directory | Out-Null
}
Move-Item -Path $File.FullName -Destination $DestinationFullName -Force | Out-Null
}
Else
{
If(!(Test-Path $DestinationFileDirectory -PathType Container))
{
Write-Verbose "Creating directory $DestinationFileDirectory"
New-Item $DestinationFileDirectory -Type Directory | Out-Null
}
Move-Item -Path $File.FullName -Destination $DestinationFullName | Out-Null
}
$FilesMoved++
}
$End = Get-Date
Write-Verbose "$($SourceFiles.Count) files were moved in $([Math]::Round(((New-TimeSpan $Start $End).TotalSeconds), 1)) seconds."
}