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powershellpowershell-3.0powershell-4.0
Călimanu Loredan
Călimanu Loredan

Reputation: 53

Access denied powershell moving files

ht = @{}
$o = new-object PSObject -property @{ 
    from = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\BCC"
    to = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatiON" }
$ht.Add($o.from, $o) 

$o = new-object PSObject -property @{ 
    from = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\BBB"
    to = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatiON" }
$ht.Add($o.from, $o) 

$o = new-object PSObject -property @{ 
    from = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\BAA"
    to = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatiON" }
$ht.Add($o.from, $o) 

#  
foreach($server in $ht.keys  ) {

            copy-item $ht.Item($server).from -destination $ht.Item($server).to -Recurse ;

             }

sleep 5
$ht = $null
sleep 5

$ht = @{}
$o = new-object PSObject -property @{ 
    from = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatie\BCC"
    to = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatie\BCC\Processed" }
$ht.Add($o.from, $o) 

$o = new-object PSObject -property @{ 
    from = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatie\BBB"
    to = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatie\BBB\Processed" }
$ht.Add($o.from, $o) 

$o = new-object PSObject -property @{ 
    from = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatie\BAA"
    to = "C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatie\BAA\Processed" }
$ht.Add($o.from, $o) 

# the loop
foreach($server in $ht.keys  ) {

        gci |   Move-Item $ht.Item($server).from -Destination $ht.Item($server).to -Force   ;

             }

The last loop isn't working, I keep getting an error with access denied , after everything runs I have the last part to actually move from one place to another. Move-Item : Access to the path 'C:\Users\nicolae.calimanu\Documents\scripturi copiere\destinatie\BBB' is denied. At line:47 char:13 + Move-Item $ht.Item($server).from -Destination $ht.Item($s ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Users\nicola...\destination\BCC:DirectoryInfo) [Move-Item], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MoveDirectoryItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand

I really can't wrap my head around this one, why do I keep getting the error. Also I have tried with the -Force option but from that ht of 3 items the first one doesn't go through .

This is the entire code.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 468

Answers (1)

vonPryz
vonPryz

Reputation: 24071

This happens, as the latter loop is trying to move the source directory itself. By adding the -WhatIf switch the behavior becomes clear. Like so,

foreach($server in $ht.keys  ) {
  Move-Item -whatif $ht.Item($server).from -Destination $ht.Item($server).to -Force   ;
}

# Line breaks added for readability
What if: Performing the operation "Move Directory" on target 
"Item: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC 
Destination: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed\BCC".

Consider fixing the gci part, like so,

foreach($server in $ht.keys  ) {
  gci $ht.Item($server).from |  % { Move-Item -whatif $_.FullName -Destination $ht.Item($server).to }
}

What if: Performing the operation "Move Directory" on target "Item: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed Destination: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed\Processed".
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\1.txt Destination: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed\1.txt".
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\2.txt Destination: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed\2.txt".
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\3.txt Destination: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed\3.txt".

Much better. But wait, it's still trying to move the Processed and that we can't have. Let's exclude that one and try again.

foreach($server in $ht.keys  ) {
     gci $ht.Item($server).from -exclude "processed" |  % { Move-Item -whatif $_.FullName -Destination $ht.Item($server).to }
}

What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\1.txt Destination: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed\1.txt".
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\2.txt Destination: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed\2.txt".
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\3.txt Destination: C:\temp\destinatie\BCC\Processed\3.txt".

Upvotes: 2

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