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Djbril
Djbril

Reputation: 895

Detecting csv files in newly sub-folder in PowerShell

I have a folder called C:\2014-15 and new sub folders are created every month which contain csv files i.e

  1. C:\2014-15\Month 1\LTC
  2. C:\2014-15\Month 2\LTC
  3. C:\2014-15\Month 3\LTC

How to write a script which would detect when a LTC sub folder is created for every month and move the csv files to N:\Test?

UPDATED:

$folder = 'C:\2014-15'
$filter = '*.*'
$destination = 'N:Test\'
$fsw = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher $folder, $filter -Property @{
IncludeSubdirectories = $true 
NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite'
}
$onCreated = Register-ObjectEvent $fsw Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action {
$path = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath
$name = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name
$changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType
$timeStamp = $Event.TimeGenerated
Write-Host
Copy-Item -Path $path -Destination $destination 
}

The error I get is:

Register-ObjectEvent : Cannot subscribe to event. A subscriber with source identifier 'FileCreated' already exists. At line:8 char:34 + $onCreated = Register-ObjectEvent <<<< $fsw Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action { + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (System.IO.FileSystemWatcher:FileSystemWatcher) [Register-ObjectEvent], ArgumentException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : SUBSCRIBER_EXISTS,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RegisterObjectEventCommand

Upvotes: 0

Views: 478

Answers (1)

xXhRQ8sD2L7Z
xXhRQ8sD2L7Z

Reputation: 1716

Credit to this post.

Notify on a different event: [IO.NotifyFilters]'DirectoryName'. This removes the need for $filter since filename events are not relevant.

You should also notify for renamed folders and created folders, making your final script something like this

$folder = 'C:\2014-15'
$destination = 'N:\Test'

$fsw = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher $folder -Property @{
   IncludeSubdirectories = $true
   NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'DirectoryName'
}

$created = Register-ObjectEvent $fsw -EventName Created -Action {
   $item = Get-Item $eventArgs.FullPath
   If ($item.Name -ilike "LTC") {
      # do stuff:
      Copy-Item -Path $folder -Destination $destination
   }
}

$renamed = Register-ObjectEvent $fsw -EventName Renamed -Action {
   $item = Get-Item $eventArgs.FullPath
   If ($item.Name -ilike "LTC") {
      # do stuff:
      Copy-Item -Path $folder -Destination $destination 
   }
}

From the same console you can unregister since that console knows about $created and $renamed:

Unregister-Event $created.Id
Unregister-Event $renamed.Id

Otherwise you need to use this which is bit uglier:

Unregister-Event -SourceIdentifier Created -Force
Unregister-Event -SourceIdentifier Renamed -Force

Also, thanks for the question. I didn't realise these event captures existed in powershell until now...

Upvotes: 0

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