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trpe71
Level 4
6 years ago

Failed .eml files

Hello, I have a large number of failed .EML SMTP items to re-run but moving them folder by folder manually to an upcoming folderfor processing will take days since it is every minute for 3 days, doe...
  • ChrisLangevin's avatar
    ChrisLangevin
    6 years ago

    One easy way to do this is with PowerShell:

    Get-ChildItem -Path "W:\test source" -Recurse -File -Filter "*.eml" | Move-Item -Destination "V:\test dest"

    This recurses the source directory, pulls out all the files of type .eml from the subfolders, and dumps them all into the single destination directory you choose.

    You can also substitute the Copy-Item cmdlet if you'd like to leave the original in place.

     

    --Chris

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ChrisLangevin
Level 6

One easy way to do this is with PowerShell:

Get-ChildItem -Path "W:\test source" -Recurse -File -Filter "*.eml" | Move-Item -Destination "V:\test dest"

This recurses the source directory, pulls out all the files of type .eml from the subfolders, and dumps them all into the single destination directory you choose.

You can also substitute the Copy-Item cmdlet if you'd like to leave the original in place.

 

--Chris

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trpe71
Level 4
6 years ago

Hi Chris,

Thank you very much for helping with this, I know it has been an issue for a bunch of people.

I ran the script and got this, any suggestions, sorry my powershell experience is limited?

Thanks!

Get-ChildItem : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'File'.
At C:\ps1\emlmove.ps1:1 char:52
+ Get-ChildItem -Path "W:\test source" -Recurse -File <<<< -Filter "*.eml" | Move-Item -Destination "V:\test dest"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ChildItem], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand

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    ChrisLangevin
    Level 6
    6 years ago

    Any chance you're running this on Windows 2008 R2? If you are and you have never updated PowerShell on it, then you will be running PS v2.0, which doesn't include the -File parameter on the Get-ChildItem cmdlet. That parameter was added in PS v3.0, which shipped with Windows 2012.

    Here is the download you need to to upgrade to a modern version of PS on an older version of Windows.

    --Chris

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      trpe71
      Level 4
      6 years ago

      Hey Chris,

      Thank you, I am on 2008 R2. I will download that and give it a go.

       

      Regards,