Use PsExec to run robocopy

Hi I'm currently making a script that copies a directory to another. I'm currently using this:

robocopy $splunkconfig 'C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\etc\apps' /is /it /copyall /mir

But when I tried to combine it with psexec I'm having trouble making it work. Here's what I've tried so far:

Start-Process -FilePath $PSExecExePath -ArgumentList @("\\$computer -e -s cmd.exe /c", "robocopy $splunkconfig \\$computer\c$\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\etc\apps /is /it /copyall /mir")

and

Start-Process -FilePath $PSExecExePath -ArgumentList @("\\$computer -e -s cmd.exe /c", "`"robocopy $splunkconfig \\$computer\c$\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\etc\apps /is /it /copyall /mir`"")

Any help would be great. thank you!!

Alexander Espiritu

Posted 2020-02-11T09:59:40.543

Reputation: 1

1What troubles are you facing? Please include any relevant errors – Smeerpijp – 2020-02-11T10:13:17.590

I actually am not seeing any error, it's just not copying the new directory. – Alexander Espiritu – 2020-02-11T22:13:20.017

You're missing quotes on the file path, which has a whitespace. Have you considered simply using %ProgramFiles%\SplunkUniversalForwarder\etc\apps (if using within a PowerShell terminal or script, command must be prefaced with cmd /c, as PowerShell does not recognize % variables, just as Command Prompt terminals don't recognize $ variables). – JW0914 – 2020-02-16T13:20:34.957

Use PsExec to run robocopy

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