Here is my PowerShell script to copy files between SharePoint document libraries:
PowerShell Script to Copy a File from One Library to Another:
PowerShell Script to Copy All Files Between Document Libraries:
Lets copy all files and folder from one library to another along with their meta-data (Excluding: the above!)
Copy Documents between Sites, Site Collections, Web Applications:
How about copying between Sites? Well, just change the below lines in the script.
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PowerShell Script to Copy a File from One Library to Another:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#Variables for Processing
$WebURL="https://portal.crescent.com/sites/Sales/"
$SourceFile="https://portal.crescent.com/sites/Sales/TeamDocs/InvoiceTemp.xlsx"
$TargetLibrary="Invoice Documents"
#Get Objects
$Web = Get-SPWeb $WebURL
$SourceFile = $Web.GetFile($SourceFile)
$TargetLibrary = $Web.GetFolder($TargetLibrary)
#Copy the file into the Target library
$File = $TargetLibrary.Files.Add($SourceFile.Name, $SourceFile.OpenBinary(), $true)
#Copy Meta-Data
$Item = $File.Item
$item["Created"] = $SourceFile.TimeCreated.ToLocalTime()
$item["Modified"] = $SourceFile.TimeLastModified.ToLocalTime()
$item["Author"] = $SourceFile.Author
$item["Editor"] = $SourceFile.ModifiedBy
#Update
$Item.UpdateOverwriteVersion()
PowerShell Script to Copy All Files Between Document Libraries:
Lets copy all files and folder from one library to another along with their meta-data (Excluding: the above!)
sAdd-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#Custom Function to Copy Files from Source Folder to Target
Function Copy-Files($SourceFolder, $TargetFolder)
{
write-host "Copying Files from:$($SourceFolder.URL) to $($TargetFolder.URL)"
#Get Each File from the Source
$SourceFilesColl = $SourceFolder.Files
#Iterate through each item from the source
Foreach($SourceFile in $SourceFilesColl)
{
#Copy File from the Source
$NewFile = $TargetFolder.Files.Add($SourceFile.Name, $SourceFile.OpenBinary(),$True)
#Copy Meta-Data from Source
Foreach($Field in $SourceFile.Item.Fields)
{
If(!$Field.ReadOnlyField)
{
if($NewFile.Item.Fields.ContainsField($Field.InternalName))
{
$NewFile.Item[$Field.InternalName] = $SourceFile.Item[$Field.InternalName]
}
}
}
#Update
$NewFile.Item.UpdateOverwriteVersion()
Write-host "Copied File:"$SourceFile.Name
}
#Process SubFolders
Foreach($SubFolder in $SourceFolder.SubFolders)
{
if($SubFolder.Name -ne "Forms")
{
#Check if Sub-Folder exists in the Target Library!
$NewTargetFolder = $TargetFolder.ParentWeb.GetFolder($SubFolder.Name)
if ($NewTargetFolder.Exists -eq $false)
{
#Create a Folder
$NewTargetFolder = $TargetFolder.SubFolders.Add($SubFolder.Name)
}
#Call the function recursively
Copy-Files $SubFolder $NewTargetFolder
}
}
}
#Variables for Processing
$WebURL="http://portal.crescent.com/sites/sales/"
$SourceLibrary ="Team Docs"
$TargetLibrary = "Sales Documents"
#Get Objects
$Web = Get-SPWeb $WebURL
$SourceFolder = $Web.GetFolder($SourceLibrary)
$TargetFolder = $Web.GetFolder($TargetLibrary)
#Call the Function to Copy All Files
Copy-Files $SourceFolder $TargetFolder
Copy Documents between Sites, Site Collections, Web Applications:
How about copying between Sites? Well, just change the below lines in the script.
#Variables for ProcessingImage may be NSFW.
$SourceWeb = "http://Your-Source-Web-URL"
$TargetWeb = "http://Your-Target-Web-URL"
$SourceLibrary ="Team Docs"
$TargetLibrary = "Shared Documents"
$SourceFolder = $Source.GetFolder($SourceLibrary)
$TargetFolder = $TargetWeb.GetFolder($TargetLibrary)
#Call the Function to Copy All Files
Copy-Files $SourceFolder $TargetFolder
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