This script copies the children of a given directory to the specified destination directory

CopyScript.ps1

#
# This script copies the children of a given directory to the specified destination directory
#
# Created by FUNExtreme (Robin Maenhaut <[email protected]>)


# Script Parameters
Param(
  [string]$srcDir,  # The directory to copy the children from
  [string]$destDir, # The directory to recreate the folder and file structure to
  [switch]$wipeDest # Switch to indicate whether the destination folder should be wiped before copying
)

# Check if the user has terminated their directory paths with a backslash
if(!$srcDir.EndsWith("\"))
{
    $srcDir += "\"
}
if(!$destDir.EndsWith("\"))
{
    $destDir += "\"
} 

# Check if there actually is anything at the specified source directory
if(Test-Path -Path $srcDir)
{
    # If the wipe destination switch is specified, recursivly remove files from the destination
    # If one of the files can not be removed, we silently continue
    if($wipeDest -And (Test-Path -Path $destDir))
    {
        Remove-Item -Path ($destDir + "*") -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
   
    # Copy source children to the destination
    $srcChildren = Get-ChildItem -Path ($srcDir + "*") -Recurse
    foreach($srcChild in $srcChildren)
    {
        # We figure out the relative path of the file, this way we can maintain the folder structure in the destination
        # Once we have the relative path, we then add it to the destination directory path in order to get the absolute file destination path 
        $childDestDirConstructed = $destDir + $srcChild.FullName.Substring($srcDir.Length).Replace($srcChild.Name, "")

        # If the path destination folder of the child (which could be nested deeply within the root destination) doesn't yet exist, we create it first
        if(!(Test-Path -Path $childDestDirConstructed))
        {
            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $childDestDirConstructed
        }

        # We copy the child to its destination
        Copy-Item -Path $srcChild.FullName -Destination $childDestDirConstructed -Force
    }
}