Copy-PWFolder with Versions?

Not in one command. I got it to work by building a list of documents and then using Copy-PWDocumentsToFolder with the -IncludeVersions switch. Downside is the destination folder must exist already for Copy-PWDocumentsToFolder to work. Also I found a bug in the -PopulatePath option for Get-PWDocumentsBySearch.

Anyway, this will backup files from one set of folders to another folder, maintaining the path of the original files and copying the versions.

# Important to NOT use the -GetVersionsToo switch!
# -PopulatePath doesn't populate the FolderPath property only the FullPath property
# can use -Slow here or use split path on FullPath in loop
$pwdList = Get-PWDocumentsBySearch -FolderPath 'Path\To\Source' -PopulatePath

# Copy-PWDocumentsToFolder only accepts one target path, and it must exist so we have
# to loop through each file to create its directory and calculate the target path
ForEach ($pwd in $pwdList) {
    $fldr     = Split-Path $pwd.FullPath -Parent
    $bkupFldr = Join-Path "Backups" $fldr
    # Create folder everytime
    New-PWFolder -FolderPath $bkupFldr > $null
    $pwd | Copy-PWDocumentsToFolder -TargetFolderPath $bkupFldr -IncludeVersions
}

    

Oh, might be a bit of speed up doing some clever tricks with the folder paths:

$fList = Split-Path $pwdList.FullPath -Parent | Sort -Unique
ForEach ($f in $fList) {
    New-PWFolder -FolderPath (Join-Path 'Backups' $f) > $null
}

create the folders first, then remove the New-PWFolder from the document copy loop

We have added a CopyVersions switch to the Copy-PWFolder cmdlet in today's PWPS_DAB release version 23.0.2.0.  Note that the Copy-PWFolderBetweenDatasources has always copied versions when they included in the pipeline input.

Mark Weisman | Bentley Systems

Thanks Mark, that would be a massive help! I'm assuming you meant 23.0.2.0, if so i have updated this morning but do not see the new switch?

You also need to use the -IncludeDocuments switch.  Try using this switch first, then press the - key and intellisense should present a list of switches.   Apparently, there are a lot of them.  You have to scroll down towards the bottom.  Then you'll see the CopyVersions switch. 

Let us know if still have trouble with this.

Thanks,

Mark Weisman | Bentley Systems