Powershell Robocopy Help.. -second attempt to post(?)

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Powershell Robocopy Help.. -second attempt to post(?)

oogibah

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May 1, 2019 at 4:42 pm

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--tried posting this but it failed for some reason.. if there is more than one thread I will delete..

Hey guys, this should probably be on sourceforge or something but I thought I'd hit you guys up with this weird issue I'm having with archiving my backups
Here is the command
```
robocopy $FilePath $FinalPath $FileName /SEC /E /XX /A-:SH /IS /IT /r:3 /w:10
```
Here are what the variables populate as
```
$FilePath
\\SomeServer\SqlProdbackups\SomeSQLServer\SomeInstance_Bup\SomeDatabase\Daily Pre-Cycle Full BU
```
```
$FinalPath
\\SomeServer\\SQLProdBackups\ARCHIVE\2019April\SomeSQLServer\SomeInstance_Bup\SomeDatabase\Daily Pre-Cycle Full BU
```
```
$FileName
"SomeDatabase_Full_20190329 194002.bak"
```
So part of the problem here is the file name above has a space in it.. not my choice.. inherited this.. but thats why I quoted it out.. here is what robocopy is doing when passed those variables
PS C:\Windows\system32> robocopy $Filepath ,$FinalPath, $FileName /SEC /E /XX /A-:SH /IS /IT /r:3 /w:10
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Started : Wednesday, May 1, 2019 11:26:50 AM
Source - \\SomeServer\SqlProdbackups\SomeSQLServer\SomeInstance_Bup\SomeDatabase\Daily Pre-Cycle Full BU
Dest -\\SomeServer\\SQLProdBackups\ARCHIVE\2019April\SomeSQLServer\SomeInstance_Bup\SomeDatabase\Daily Pre-Cycle Full BU" SomeDatabase_Full_20190329
Files :
Options : /DCOPY:DA /COPY:DAT /R:1000000 /W:30
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ERROR : Invalid Parameter #3 : "194002.bak /SEC /E /XX /A-:SH /IS /IT /r:3 /w:10"

I tried quoting out the file name as you see above.. but its still splitting it up for some reason.. I also tried specifying /File: but robocopy wont allow this.. was wondering if anyone had any insight into whats going on here

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oogibah SSC Eights! Points: 827 More actions · Answer 1

just to notate this too.. I tried using commas in my final attempt to try to get this to separate ..it didnt work obviously... I did not have the commas there before.

oogibah SSC Eights! Points: 827 More actions · Answer 2

welp.. nevermind.. finally found a forum post that helped.. apparently powershell robocopy doesn't like you to end your folder paths with a \ .. moved this and quoted everything.. worked fine

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003894 More actions · Answer 3

Just ran across this. Yeah... you file path has spaces in it, as well, and so it needed to be quoted. I got into the habit of automatically encapsulate such things in quotes.

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oogibah SSC Eights! Points: 827 More actions · Answer 4

The issue here though didnt actually end up being the quoting, although I did ultimately end up quoting everything.. its that with powershell robocopy you apparently cant end folder desitnations with

now I only ran into this issue when I had a folder ending with \ AND the file name had a space in it.. it ran fine for most of my backups. One of my first trouble shooting steps after the fact was to quote everything out but it didn't fix the issue until I removed the trailing \ at the end of the folder path.. very bizarre.

Of note.. this is apparently only an issue when you're using robocopy through powershell, this doesn't occur in standard robocopy(CMD).