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Pascal Klose
Pascal Klose

Reputation: 35

Error with Copy-Item command: Cannot find drive

I have a script which backups the MongoDB database, creates an zip package and it should move this to a specified folder. But when starting Copy-Item it throws this exception:

Copy-Item : Cannot find drive. A drive with the name '"E' does not exist.

The thing is, WinRAR, the MongoDB and the whole stuff is stored on E, the backup process works just fine, only the Copy-Item part fails and says it cannot find E, but that's nonsense, since it can execute Programs on E...

Copy-Item -Path $archiveFile -Destination $localOneDriveFolder
$localOneDriveFolder = """E:\Project\Backups"""
$archiveFile = """E:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.6\bin\backup_$x.rar"""

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3287

Answers (1)

Mathias R. Jessen
Mathias R. Jessen

Reputation: 174825

Look closely at the actual error message. "E is obviously not a valid drive identifier (notice the leading double-quote).

Remove the double-quoting:

$localOneDriveFolder = "E:\Project\Backups"
$archiveFile = "E:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.6\bin\backup_$x.rar"
Copy-Item -Path $archiveFile -Destination $localOneDriveFolder

Upvotes: 1

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