How to robocopy using regex matched folder from one server to another - regex

Question

I've a build system which uses robocopy to copy files from one system to our server, and to a specific path. The following has worked well till a new requirement was introduced:
robocopy local\dist \\server01\somepath\dist XF *.* /E
Now, we want to have a changing 'dist' name to include build information. For example, 'dist1', 'dist2', 'distabcd'. Anyhow, the point is, that the folder name is changing. How do I tell robocopy to match on any name beginning with 'dist', but copy to the correct full named dist folder on the remote server
robocopy local\dist* \\server01\somepath\[????] XF *.* /E
I have the option to use PowerShell commands to do this, assuming it may be able to copy to the server location. I know almost nothing about PowerShell, but welcome any tips.

Answer 1

Powershell provides RegEx functionality with the '-match' and '-contains' operators. Here would be an example of what capturing changing directories would look like:
$localDirectory = "local\dist"
$directory = "\\server01\somepath\dist"
$keyword = "dist"
$fileDirectory = Get-ChildItem -Path $directory -Recurse
foreach ($container in $fileDirectory)
{
# -match is one of the RegEx functions we may utilize for this operation
# e.g dist1.. dist2.. distabc.. adist.. mynewdistrubition
if ($container -match $keyword)
{
try
{
Copy-Item -Path "$($directory)\$($container)" -Destination $localDirectory -Force -Recurse
}
catch [System.Exception]
{
Write-Output $_.Exception
}
}
}