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eddeveloper
eddeveloper

Reputation: 53

How to change modified time of copied file in destination

I am using powershell to copy files into a folder, but I want to update the modified time [LastWriteTime] with the current time. I would like some advice on how I can do that once I copy the file. Below is my current code

$Date = Get-Date -Format "dd-MM-yyyy-dddd HH-mm"
$FROM = Get-ChildItem "C:\Testing\DeviceLists\" -Recurse
$TO   = Get-ChildItem "C:\Transfer" 
$LOGS = "C:\Testing\logs\" 
#$d = [datetime](Get-ItemProperty -Path C:\Transfer -Name LastWriteTime).lastwritetime
$d = Get-ChildItem C:\Transfer\ -File | Sort-Object -Property -CreationTime | Select-Object -Last 1

foreach($item in $from){
    $fromdate = $item.LastWriteTime
    $ToFileInfo = $TO | where Name -eq $item.Name
    if((Get-date $fromdate) -ge (Get-Date $d.LastWriteTime))
    {
        #Move the files that are greater than destination date
        copy-item $item.FullName -Destination "C:\Transfer" -Force 
        #change lastwritetime of copied file 
        $item.LastWriteTime = (Get-Date)
        Add-Content "$Logs\Log - $Date.txt" -Value "$item has been copied"
    }
    else 
    {
        #log that file is having an error or lesser time 
    }
};

Add-Content "$Logs\Log - $Date.txt" -Value "All files have been copied"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 937

Answers (1)

Mathias R. Jessen
Mathias R. Jessen

Reputation: 174465

Use -PassThru to make Copy-Item return the copied file info, then set the timestamp on that:

$newItem = Copy-Item $item.FullName -Destination "C:\Transfer" -Force -PassThru
$newItem.LastWriteTime = Get-Date

Upvotes: 2

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