powershell-script-to-copy-files-if-drive-free-space-is-great

# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36776415/powershell-script-to-copy-files-if-drive-free-space-is-greater-than-threshold-va

# get drives starting with C that have at least 5GB of free space, then select the first one on the list
$drive = ([System.IO.DriveInfo]::GetDrives() | ? {$_.totalfreespace / 1gb -gt 5}).name | ? {[int][char]$_[0] -ge 67} | select -f 1

if (!$drive) {
    Write-Warning 'No drives have more than 5GB of free space. Exiting script.'
    return
}

Write-Host "Selected drive: $drive"

# get list of servers
$serversfile = 'c:\servers.txt'
$servers = Get-Content $serversfile

foreach ($server in $servers) {
    # specify folder to copy on current server
    $source = "\\$server\share\Softwares"

    # specify destination folder
    $destination = Join-Path $drive $server

    # if destination does not exist, create the folder
    if (!(Test-Path $destination)) {
        md $destination | Out-Null
    }

    # copy shared Softwares folder to the root of the selected drive
    Write-Host "Copying '$source' folder to '$destination'"
    copy $source $destination -Recurse -WhatIf
}