How to copy a folder from TFS source control to Shared location with Powershell script

Question

Hi,
I'm looking for a Powershell script where i could copy a folder from TFS Source control to a shared location.
Details:
$TeamProject/FolderA - here i want to move FolderA to a shared location called \\Share
Tried with xcopy: xcopy "$TeamProject/FolderA" "\\Share" ( but no luck, later i found it's only possible to copy files from local to share or share to share location, not from server path to shared location.
Can someone help me with the power-shell script to achieve above scenario.
Thanks, BHSR

Answer 1

Hope the below script works for your scenario. Got the code from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23739499/copy-files-from-tfs-versioncontrol-to-directory-with-powershell
$AutoDeployDir = "$\TeamProject/FolderA"
$deployDirectory = "\\SERVER\SHAREFOLDER\"
# Add TFS 2013 dlls so we can download some files
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client")
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client")
$tfsCollectionUrl = "http://CDTFSSERVER:8080/tfs/ProjectCollection"
$tfsCollection = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollection -ArgumentList $tfsCollectionUrl
$tfsVersionControl = $tfsCollection.GetService([Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.VersionControlServer])
# Register PowerShell commands
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell
# Get all directories and files in the AutoDeploy directory
$items = Get-TfsChildItem $AutoDeployDir -Recurse -Server $tfsCollection
# Download each item to a specific destination
foreach ($item in $items) {
# Serverpath of the item
Write-Host "TFS item to download:" $($item.ServerItem) -ForegroundColor Blue
$destinationPath = $item.ServerItem.Replace($AutoDeployDir, $deployDirectory)
Write-Host "Download to" $([IO.Path]::GetFullPath($destinationPath)) -ForegroundColor Blue
if ($item.ItemType -eq "Folder") {
New-Item $([IO.Path]::GetFullPath($destinationPath)) -ItemType Directory -Force
else {
# Download the file (not folder) to destination directory
$tfsVersionControl.DownloadFile($item.ServerItem, $([IO.Path]::GetFullPath($destinationPath)))
Regards, Bharath
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