How to get robocopy running in powershell?

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Published on 2010-04-03T19:29:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 19:33 UTC
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Hi,

I'm trying to use robocopy inside powershell to mirror some directories on my home machines. Here's my script:

param ($configFile)

$config = Import-Csv $configFile
$what = "/COPYALL /B /SEC/ /MIR"
$options = "/R:0 /W:0 /NFL /NDL"
$logDir = "C:\Backup\"

foreach ($line in $config)
{
 $source = $($line.SourceFolder)
 $dest = $($line.DestFolder)
 $logfile =  $logDIr 
 $logfile += Split-Path $dest -Leaf
 $logfile += ".log"

 robocopy "$source $dest $what $options /LOG:MyLogfile.txt"
}

The script takes in a csv file with a list of source and destination directories. When I run the script I get these errors:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ROBOCOPY     ::     Robust File Copy for Windows                              
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Started : Sat Apr 03 21:26:57 2010

   Source : P:\ C:\Backup\Photos \COPYALL \B \SEC\ \MIR \R:0 \W:0 \NFL \NDL \LOG:MyLogfile.txt\
     Dest - 

    Files : *.*

  Options : *.* /COPY:DAT /R:1000000 /W:30 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ERROR : No Destination Directory Specified.

       Simple Usage :: ROBOCOPY source destination /MIR

             source :: Source Directory (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
        destination :: Destination Dir  (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
               /MIR :: Mirror a complete directory tree.

    For more usage information run ROBOCOPY /?


****  /MIR can DELETE files as well as copy them !

Any idea what I need to do to fix?

Thanks, Mark.

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