Exclude list in PowerShell Copy-Item does not appear to be working

Question

I have the following snippet of PowerShell script:

$source = \'d:\\t1\\*\'
$dest = \'d:\\t2\'
$exclude = @(\'*.pdb\',\'*.config\')
Copy-Item $source $dest -R         


        

Answer 1

I was looking for a way to copy files modified after a certain date/timestamp so as to archive them. This way I could save off exactly what files I worked on (assuming I know when I started). (Yes, I know this is what SCM is for, but there are times when I just want to snapshot my work without checking it in.)

Using landyman's tip, and stuff I found elsewhere, I found that this worked:

$source = 'c:\tmp\foo'
$dest = 'c:\temp\foo'
$exclude = @('*.pdb', '*.config')
Get-ChildItem $source -Recurse -Exclude $exclude |  
    where-object {$_.lastwritetime -gt "8/24/2011 10:26 pm"} | 
    Copy-Item -Destination {Join-Path $dest $_.FullName.Substring($source.length)}