Powershell Reading inner Folder - powershell

Question

I put together a Robocopy script to backup data, but the problem I am having is the script is reading the parent folder and trying to execute the robocopy filters and error out.
what I would like for it to do is indent one and start copying the subfolder and use the filter there. the file structure is
Users\tim jones, sam adams
I just want the tim jones folder and the sam adams user folders with the Robocopy filter added to it. any help is welcomed
$Comp = Read-Host 'Please enter a computer name or IP'
do{
If (Test-Connection $Comp -quiet -Count 1) {
Write-host 'The host responded' -ForegroundColor "yellow"
Read-Host 'Press any key to continue...' | Out-Null
$ping = "ture"
Clear-Host
Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Comp -class Win32_NetworkLoginProfile | Select- Object Name,#{label='LastLogon';expression={$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.LastLogon)}}
New-Item -Path \\skyzone\t$\sky\ -ItemType directory
$SourcePath = "\\$Comp\C$\Users\";
$TargetPath = "\\skyzone\t$\sky";
#Users libraries
$PicturesLibrary = ("\Pictures");
$Downloads = ("\Downloads");
$Favorites = ("\Favorites");
$Documents = ("\Documents");
$Desktop = ("\Desktop");
$Video = ("\Videos");
#User Outlook files and logs
$Outlook = ("\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook")
$argsFromFolders = ("$SourcePath\$PicturesLibrary","$SourcePath\$Downloads","$SourcePath\$Favorites","$SourcePath\$Documents","$SourcePath\$Desktop","$SourcePath\$Video" ,"$SourcePath\$Outlook");
$argsToFolders = ("$TargetPath\Pictures","$TargetPath\Downloads","$TargetPath\Favorites","$TargetPath\Documents","$TargetPath\Desktop","$TargetPath\Videos","$TargetPath\Outlook");
For ($i=0; $i -lt $argsFromFolders.Length; $i++) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Processing" $argsFromFolders[$i] "To" $argsToFolders[$i];
robocopy $argsFromFolders[$i] $argsToFolders[$i] *.* /MT:16 /XJ *.pst /R:3 /W:1 /NP /e /xf *.vmdk *.vmem *.iso *.exe *.ost desktop.ini /tee /Log+:
}

Answer 1

Your question is unclear and the sample is incomplete. You refer to $user which is never created and there are no robocopy-calls here. Because of this I can't give you a complete solution.
Take a look at this example source-path in your code:
$SourcePath = "\\localhost\C$\Users\";
$PicturesLibrary = ("\Pictures");
"$SourcePath\$PicturesLibrary"
#Output
\\localhost\C$\Users\\\Pictures
There are too many backslashes in the spot where you joined the two strings. Remove them from the variables or use Join-Path
$SourcePath = "\\localhost\C$\Users\"
$PicturesLibrary = "\Pictures"
Join-Path $SourcePath $PicturesLibrary
#Output
\\localhost\C$\Users\Pictures
Or
$SourcePath = "\\localhost\C$\Users"
$PicturesLibrary = "Pictures"
"$SourcePath\$PicturesLibrary"
#Output
\\localhost\C$\Users\Pictures
The username is missing. You need to use Get-Childitem on the $sourcePath to get the list of users in the first place and loop through those.
Sample:
$SourcePath = "\\localhost\C$\Users\"
Get-ChildItem -Path $SourcePath |
#Get folders only... And exlude public?
Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -and $_.Name -ne 'Public' } |
ForEach-Object {
#Code to run for each user-folder
$PicturesLibrary = ("Pictures")
Join-Path $_.FullName $PicturesLibrary
}
\\localhost\C$\Users\Default.migrated\Pictures
\\localhost\C$\Users\defaultuser0\Pictures
\\localhost\C$\Users\frode\Pictures
Update: Try something like this (untested).
$Comp = Read-Host 'Please enter a computer name or IP'
If (Test-Connection $Comp -quiet -Count 1) {
Write-host 'The host responded' -ForegroundColor "yellow"
Read-Host 'Press any key to continue...' | Out-Null
Clear-Host
Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Comp -class Win32_NetworkLoginProfile | Select- Object Name,#{label='LastLogon';expression={$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.LastLogon)}}
$TargetPath = '\\skyzone\t$\sky'
if(-not (Test-Path -Path $TargetPath -PathType Container)) { New-Item -Path $TargetPath -ItemType Directory | Out-Null }
$Folderlist = ("Pictures","Downloads","Favorites","Documents","Desktop","Videos","Outlook");
Get-ChildItem -Path "\\$Comp\C$\Users\" |
#Get folders only... And exclude public?
Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -and $_.Name -ne 'Public' } |
ForEach-Object {
$user = $_.Name
foreach ($folder in $Folderlist) {
$from = Join-Path $_.FullName $folder
$to = Join-Path $TargetPath "$user\$folder"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Processing '$from' To '$to'"
robocopy $from $to *.* /MT:16 /XJ *.pst /R:3 /W:1 /NP /e /xf *.vmdk *.vmem *.iso *.exe *.ost desktop.ini /tee /Log+:\\apgrwkate1090f\t$\dren\$user\backup.txt
}
}
}