If a file is present move another file in another folder

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ASKER

thank you qlemo i receive this output

Id Name PSJobTypeName State HasMoreData Location Command
-- ---- ------------- ----- ----------- -------- -------
1 XML-Watcher NotStarted False ...

That's ok. The action itself does not display anything, this is just the PowerShell job running in the background, and when triggered performing the action as coded.

ASKER

Qlemo many thanks!
There is a problem....the .ack file in the source dir is deleted BUT the xml is not moved in dest dir...
It deletes all the ack files

Do you see any error message in the PS console? And are you certain the .ack file is the last file written?
For debugging, insert this before line 10:

write-host "$basedir$fname.xml"

and re-execute the script. After this, each run should display the full XML file name.

footech

I think you want to make a change to line 8 like

[String] $fname = $eventArgs.Name -replace "\.ack$"

BTW, don't give me any points for this.

That's correct. I read it wrong from my existing script - name includes the file extension.

ASKER

Perfect!

Only one thing...how should i change the code to perform the requested move action BUT not delete the .ack files?

Thank you very much!

ASKER

Sorry my fault....now i have:

$basedir = 'c:\ori'
$destdir = 'c:\dest'
$script:ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue'
cls
$fswexe = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher($basedir, '*.ack')
$action = {
    [String] $fqdn  = $eventArgs.Fullpath
    [String] $fname = $eventArgs.Name -replace "\.ack$"
    Start-Sleep 1    # to make sure the file has been closed
    move-item "$basedir$fname.xml" $destdir
    remove-item $fqdn
}

Unregister-Event 'XML-Watcher'
Remove-Job 'XML-Watcher' -ea SilentlyContinue
Register-ObjectEvent $fswexe -EventName 'Created

But it continues to delete the ack but doesnt move the xml.

ASKER

Ok corrected lines 10 and 11

write-host "$basedir\$fname.xml"
  move-item "$basedir\$fname.xml" $destdir

It works!!

My example path vars ended in a backslash, yours do not ;-)
The remove-item removes the .ack file. I don't know if you removed that line yet.