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user1342164
user1342164

Reputation: 1454

A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'directory'

When I run this code in powershell I get an error that A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'directory'? Any idea what is wrong? Thank you

$Output = @()
$DirList = GCI \\server\share -directory | %{$_.FullName; GCI $_ -Directory|select -expandproperty FullName}
ForEach($Dir in $DirList){
    $ACLs=@()
    (get-acl $Dir).accesstostring.split("`n")|?{$_ -match "^(.+?admin(istrators|141))\s+?(\w+?)\s+?(.+)$"}|%{
        $ACLs+=[PSCUSTOMOBJECT]@{Group=$Matches[1];Type=$Matches[2];Access=$Matches[3]}
    }
    ForEach($ACL in $ACLs){
        if($Members){Remove-Variable Members}
        $Members = Get-ADGroupMember $ACL.Group -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue|%{[string]$_.SamAccountName}
        $Output += "$Dir $($ACL.Group) $($ACL.Access) $($Members -join ",")"
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 26581

Answers (2)

andyb
andyb

Reputation: 2772

Problem is in $DirList = GCI \\server\share -directory and GCI $_ -Directory The Get-ChildItem cmdlet does not support a -directory parameter (EDIT: before version 3).

It looks like you are trying to get and process every top level directory entry on a network file share. This can be achieved as follows:

Get-ChildItem -path \\server\share |
    Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer } |
    ForEach-Object {

        Write-host $_.FullName

        # processing code here

    }

Upvotes: 3

user189198
user189198

Reputation:

You need PowerShell version 3.0 at a minimum to support the -Directory parameter on the Get-ChildItem cmdlet. If you're on Windows 7, you can upgrade to Windows Management Framework Core 4.0 after installing the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1.

Upvotes: 3

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