Show-FolderCreation.ps1

Technorati Tags: System.IO.Directory,Create,Delete

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This example shows how to create a new directory and  
4.     subdirectory, and then delete only the subdirectory. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This sample is a re-write of an MSDN Sample,  
7.     but in PowerShell. The sample firsts creates then removes 
8.     a folder then looks to see what is left. The target 
9.     folder is removed, but intermediate folders remain. 
10. .NOTES 
11.     File Name  : Show-FolderCreation.ps1 
12.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
13.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
14. .LINK 
15.     This script posted to: 
16.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
17.     MSDN sample posted to: 
18.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/62t64db3.aspx 
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     Psh>  Show-FolderCreation.ps1 
21.     Created: C:\NewDirectory\NewSubDirectory 
22.     Deleted: C:\NewDirectory\NewSubDirectory 
23.     Top-level directory exists:  True 
24.     Sub-directory exists      :  False  
25. #> 
26.  
27. [CmdletBinding()] 
28. Param ( 
29. $Path = "C:\NewDirectory\NewSubDirectory" 
30. ) 
31.  
32. Try 
33.   { 
34. # Create then remove directory 
35.      $result = [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($Path) 
36.      "Created: $path"    
37.      [System.IO.Directory]::Delete($Path) 
38.      "Deleted: $path" 
39.  
40. # Check existance for top and sub dirs then display results 
41.      $directoryExists    = [System.Io.Directory]::Exists("C:\NewDirectory") 
42.      $subDirectoryExists = [System.Io.Directory]::Exists($Path) 
43.      "Top-level directory exists:  $directoryExists" 
44.      "Sub-directory exists      :  $subDirectoryExists" 
45.    } 
46. Catch  
47.    { 
48.        "The process failed: {0}" -f $($error[0].Message) 
49.    }