Hi, I want to write either a batch file or a powershell script that when executed will delete the content of a folder then copy the newest file in another folder into it. Anyone got any ideas? Google doesn't seem to be working so maybe I'm describing it wrong /shrug.
Batch file or powershell script help
- Thread starter ubersonic
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Taken from google and mixing together two other people's codes but this works for me:
Save this a <filename>.bat
Code:
REM Empty destination folder and then copy the most recent file from source directory to it
@echo off
set folder="C:\New folder"
cd /d %folder%
for /F "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b') do (rmdir "%%i" /s/q || del "%%i" /s/q)
setlocal
set srcDir=c:\New folder2
set destdir=C:\New folder
set lastmod=
pushd %srcDir%
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir *.* /b /o-d /a-d 2^>NUL') do set lastmod=%%a & goto :xx
:xx
if "%lastmod%"=="" echo Could not locate files.&goto :eof
:::
copy "%lastmod%" "%destDir%"Save this a <filename>.bat
Soldato
powershell
wasnt sure which folder you wanted to delete from
wasnt sure which folder you wanted to delete from
Code:
$SourceFolder = "u:\Folder1"
$DesinationFolder = "u:\Folder2"
get-childitem $DesinationFolder -recurse | remove-item
Copy (Get-ChildItem -File $SourceFolder | Sort-Object -Descending CreationTime | select -first 1).fullname $DesinationFolder
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