PowerShell 2+
Robocopy is a tool of choice to copy files, and that does not change with PowerShell. You can, however, use PowerShell to embed robocopy inside a user-friendly PowerShell function. This way, you no longer need to remember the awkward command switches used by Robocopy, and instead use PowerShell parameters and IntelliSense.
A call to robocopy could then look like this:
PS C:\> Invoke-Robocopy -Source $env:windir -Destination c:\logs -Filter *.log -Recurse -Open
And here is the wrapper:
#requires -Version 3 function Invoke-Robocopy { param ( [String] [Parameter(Mandatory)] $Source, [String] [Parameter(Mandatory)] $Destination, [String] $Filter = '*', [Switch] $Recurse, [Switch] $Open ) if ($Recurse) { $DoRecurse = '/S' } else { $DoRecurse = '' } robocopy $Source $Destination $Filter $DoRecurse /R:0 if ($Open) { explorer.exe $Destination } }
