Copy-Item from New-PSDrive within PSSession

Question

I have the following Powershell code:

Enter-PSSession -ComputerName test01 
New-PSDrive -Name Source -PSProvider FileSystem -Root \\test02\SMBTest -Credential test\Administrator 
Copy-Item Source:\Test.txt -Destination C:\Temp
Remove-PSDrive Source 
Exit-PSSession

When I execute each line on it's own it works, but when I save it and run it as a ps1 file it doesn't do anything.

Can anyone help explain why (I'm using Powershell --version 5.1)

Why are you entering a session in a script? Utilize `Invoke-Command`. Although I think you're running into a third-hop problem — Maximilian Burszley, Dec 14 '17 at 17:35

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '17 at 17:42

Thanks @theincorrigible1 - I've modified it to the below and it is now working.

$s = New-PSSession -ComputerName test01
Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock {
New-PSDrive -Name Source -PSProvider FileSystem -Root \\test02\SMBTest -
Credential test\Administrator
Copy-Item Source:\Test.txt -Destination C:\Temp
Remove-PSDrive Source
}

Copy-Item from New-PSDrive within PSSession

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