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JRawlings
JRawlings

Reputation: 31

If a folder exists do this, else, do this

What am I doing wrong here?

I want to find if a folder exists on a group of PC's (including my own) and if it does, I want it to tell me the name of the computer. If it isn't there, I want it to tell me the name of the computer and 'Path is not there'

$Computers = gc 'C:\Temp\Computers.txt'

foreach ($Computer in $Computers) {
    if (Test-Path -Path '\\$Computer\C$\Temp2') {
        Write-Host $Computer
    } else {
        Write-Host $Computer + 'Path Is Not There'
    }
}

The above tells me that the folder is not there (I know it is for at least one of the computers in the list).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 199

Answers (2)

TobyU
TobyU

Reputation: 3928

Try to change the single quotes ( ' ) for the Test-Path -Path into double quotes ( " ), otherwise the variables won't be recognized

Upvotes: 0

henrycarteruk
henrycarteruk

Reputation: 13237

Your issue is the quotes you are using around the path you are testing.

Single quotes do not allow variable expansion, so it's literally looking for the path '\\$Computer\C$\Temp2' and not using the variable for the computer name.

Documentation on this: about_quoting_rules

If you update your code to use double quotes, the variable value will be used as you want:

Test-Path -Path "\\$Computer\C$\Temp2"

Upvotes: 6

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