Powershell issue.. running v2.0 on server, v3.0 on PC...script bugging out

Question

i have the below script i need to run on a server running PS 2.0... i have tested it on my local machine PS 3.0 and it works fine.... however, when i run it on the server (2008 R2) i get an error on ($folder in (Get-ChildItem -Directory $sourceFolder)) saying that -Directory is unexpected... but only on the server.

Is there an issue with my script, or something else?

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope "CurrentUser" -ExecutionPolicy "Unrestricted"

$sourceFolder = "server1\a\b\c"
$destFolder   = "server2\a\b\c"

New-Item -Path "$destFolder\Log" -ItemType Directory | Out-Null

foreach ($folder in (Get-ChildItem  -Directory $sourceFolder)) {

    "robocopy `"$($sourceFolder)\$($folder)\zArchive\Data files to Nov 13`"     `"$($destFolder)\$($folder)\Data files to Nov 13`" /E /MOVE /DCOPY:T     /log+:`"$($destFolder)\Log\log.log`"" | Out-File zArchiveMove.txt -Append
    "robocopy `"$($sourceFolder)\$($folder)\Data files to Nov 13`"     `"$($destFolder)\$($folder)\Data files to Nov 13`" /E /MOVE /DCOPY:T     /log+:`"$($destFolder)\Log\log.log`"" | Out-File zArchiveMove2.txt -Append
}

I can't find any reference to it but using v2.0, it seems there's no `-directory` parameter. Using v4.0 there is so I assume that the parameter has been added in v3.0. — Lieven Keersmaekers, Jul 22 '14 at 05:46
hmm ok... do you know what the v2.0 alternative for -Directory is??? — user3795654, Jul 22 '14 at 06:06
You could use the answer from [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3085295/how-do-i-get-only-directories-using-get-childitem). — Lieven Keersmaekers, Jul 22 '14 at 06:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 16:02

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There wasn't a directory parameter in V2.0. Back in those days (LOL) we used $PSIsContainer

foreach ($folder in (Get-ChildItem $sourceFolder | ? {$_.PSIsContainer}))

answered Jul 22 '14 at 16:02

Cole9350

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thanks Cole9350. im new to powershell so im still working may way through some of these kinds of things. :) – user3795654 Jul 23 '14 at 23:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '14 at 04:45

Still having issues with powershell, and running out of time. I ended up using a batch file to complete the work which is a little shorter than the ps script. thought id share it if anyone finds it useful. :)

for /f "delims=|" %%s in ('dir /ad/b') do robocopy "\\server\source\%%s\folder1" "\\server2\dest\%%s\folder1" /E /MOVE

Powershell issue.. running v2.0 on server, v3.0 on PC...script bugging out

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