Test-Path Move-Item Problems

Question

I run this PowerShell script, and it works fine on PowerShell 4.0. But I now have PowerShell 5.0 and the script does work but it throws an error:

The Script:

$path = "X"
$destination = "Y"

while (Test-Path -Path $path) {
    Move-Item -Path "$path\*zip" -Destination "$destination"
    }

The error I get is:

Move-Item : The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '16 at 11:08

The title of the question: "Test-Path Move-Item Problems" implies that one cmdlet might be impacting the other. That doesn't make sense to me as Test-Path is checking the folder's existence and Move-Item is working on child items within that folder.

Personally I would not use a while loop for this use case as, once you have determined that the path exists you don't need to keep testing it:

if(Test-Path -Path $path){
  Move-Item -Path $path\*zip -Destination $destination
}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '16 at 13:00

0

just do it

 Move-Item -Path "$path\*zip" -Destination "$destination" -ErrorAction Ignore

answered Oct 28 '16 at 13:00

Esperento57

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