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 had a similar problem extending this a bit. I want a solution working for sources like

$source = "D:\scripts\*.sql"

too. I found this solution:

function Copy-ToCreateFolder
{
    param(
        [string]$src,
        [string]$dest,
        $exclude,
        [switch]$Recurse
    )

    # The problem with Copy-Item -Rec -Exclude is that -exclude effects only top-level files
    # Copy-Item $src $dest    -Exclude $exclude       -EA silentlycontinue -Recurse:$recurse
    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/731752/exclude-list-in-powershell-copy-item-does-not-appear-to-be-working

    if (Test-Path($src))
    {
        # Nonstandard: I create destination directories on the fly
        [void](New-Item $dest -itemtype directory -EA silentlycontinue )
        Get-ChildItem -Path $src -Force -exclude $exclude | % {

            if ($_.psIsContainer)
            {
                if ($Recurse) # Non-standard: I don't want to copy empty directories
                {
                    $sub = $_
                    $p = Split-path $sub
                    $currentfolder = Split-Path $sub -leaf
                    #Get-ChildItem $_ -rec -name  -exclude $exclude -Force | % {  "{0}    {1}" -f $p, "$currentfolder\$_" }
                    [void](New-item $dest\$currentfolder -type directory -ea silentlycontinue)
                    Get-ChildItem $_ -Recurse:$Recurse -name  -exclude $exclude -Force | % {  Copy-item $sub\$_ $dest\$currentfolder\$_ }
                }
            }
            else
            {

                #"{0}    {1}" -f (split-path $_.fullname), (split-path $_.fullname -leaf)
                Copy-Item $_ $dest
            }
        }
    }
}