How to use PowerShell copy-item and keep structure

Question

I have a directory structure that looks like this:

C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\client1\f1\files C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\client1\f2\files C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\client2\f1\files C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\client2\f2\files C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\client3\f1\files C:\folderA\folderB\folderC\client4\f2\files 

I want to copy the content of the f1 folders in C:\tmp\ to get this

C:\tmp\client1\f1\files C:\tmp\client2\f1\files C:\tmp\client3\f1\files 

I tried this:

Copy-Item -recur -path: "*/f1/" -destination: C:\tmp\ 

But it copies the contents without copying the structure correctly.

Answer 1

In PowerShell version 3.0 and newer this is simply done this way:

Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceDir | Copy-Item -Destination $targetDir -Recurse -Container 

Reference: Get-ChildItem

Answer 2

PowerShell:

$sourceDir = 'c:\folderA\folderB\folderC\client1\f1' $targetDir = ' c:\tmp\'  Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -filter "*" -recurse | `     foreach{         $targetFile = $targetDir + $_.FullName.SubString($sourceDir.Length);         New-Item -ItemType File -Path $targetFile -Force;         Copy-Item $_.FullName -destination $targetFile     } 

Note:

• The -filter "*" does not do anything. It is just here to illustrate if you want to copy some specific files. E.g. all *.config files.
• Still have to call a New-Item with -Force to actually create the folder structure.