Powershell determine the remote computer OS
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Solution 1
DESTINATION is empty. Expanding on Keith's suggestion:
foreach ($computer in $computerlist) {
if((Test-Connection -Cn $computer -BufferSize 16 -Count 1 -ea 0 -quiet))
{
$OS = Get-WmiObject -Computer $computer -Class Win32_OperatingSystem
if($OS.caption -like '*Windows 7*'){
$DESTINATION = $DESTINATION7
}
if($OS.caption -like '*Windows XP*'){
$DESTINATION = $DESTINATIONXP
}
}
}
This could avoid the error you're getting also. empty $DESTINATION
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Solution 2
In your foreach loop through $computerlist you can grab the OS Caption for each computer by using WMI:
$OS = Get-WmiObject -Computer $computer -Class Win32_OperatingSystem
Ant then check the $OS
if($OS.caption -like '*Windows 7*'){
#Code here for Windows 7
}
#....
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software is fun
Updated on October 26, 2020Comments
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software is fun over 3 years
I wrote a script to copy files to the "All Users" desktop or "Public Desktop"
However we have a mixed environment. Some people are using Windows XP and other people are using Windows 7.
$SOURCE = "I:\Path\To\Folder\*" $DESTINATION7 = "c$\Users\Public\Desktop" $DESTINATIONXP = "c$\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop" $computerlist = Get-Content I:\Path\To\File\computer-list.csv $results = @() $filenotthere = @() $filesremoved = @() foreach ($computer in $computerlist) { if((Test-Connection -Cn $computer -BufferSize 16 -Count 1 -ea 0 -quiet)) { Write-Host "\\$computer\$DESTINATION\" Copy-Item $SOURCE "\\$computer\$DESTINATION\" -Recurse -force } else { $details = @{ Date = get-date ComputerName = $Computer Destination = $Destination } $results += New-Object PSObject -Property $details $results | export-csv -Path I:\Path\To\logs\offline.txt -NoTypeInformation -Append } }
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software is fun about 10 yearsThanks. How do you catch the exceptions? Copy-Item : Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. At I:\Path\To\Code\powershell\copy.ps1:194 char:22 + Copy-Item <<<< $SOURCE "\\$computer\$DESTINATIONXP\" -Recurse -fo rce + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-Item], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.IOException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Comman ds.CopyItemCommand
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Michael Burns about 10 yearsIn Powershell 2.0 you can just use Try/Catch