Powershell Check If File Exists

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I have this script which compares files in two areas of the disk and copies the latest file over the one with the older modified date.

Here is the format of files-to-watch.txt

I would like to modify this so that it avoids doing this if the file does not exist in both areas and prints a warning message. Can someone tell me how I can check if a file exists using PowerShell?

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Just to offer the alternative to the Test-Path cmdlet (since nobody mentioned it):

Does (almost) the same thing as

except no support for wildcard characters

Mathias R. JessenMathias R. Jessen
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Use Test-Path:

Placing the above code in your ForEach loop should do what you want

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The standard way to see if a file exists is with the Test-Path cmdlet.

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You can use the Test-Path cmd-let. So something like...

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Test-Path may give odd answer. E.g. 'Test-Path c:temp -PathType leaf' gives false, but 'Test-Path c:temp* -PathType leaf' gives true. Sad :(

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I do not understand.

Step 1. Check SOURCE folder txt files against PROCESS_ARCHIVE folder txt files. If SOURCE contains files that are not present in PROCESS_ARCHIVE, copy these extra txt files to PROCESS folder.

Step 2. Check SOURCE folder txt files against PROCESS_ARCHIVE txt files. If same files exist in both, move txt files from SOURCE to LOCAL_ARCHIVE.

Step 1: Copy files which exist in SOURCE to PROCESS_ARCHIVE
Step 2: Copy updated files which exist in SOURCE to PROCESS_ARCHIVE
Question 1: What am I missing?

Power Shell Check If File Exists


Powershell Check If File Exists Before Copy

Question 2: Why do you think you cannot use Robocopy for this?

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