Pin a folder in SSD Tier?

Can pinning happen at the folder level? Instead of just pinning one file at a time to an SSD tier, would I be able to pin a folder so that any file inside of the folder would inherit the pinning to the SSD?

Hi,
I tried and currently there is no command line to help pin a folder but only a single file. However I'm thinking it may able to be workaround with run the command on each file in that folder so here is the result:
$a=Get-ChildItem x:\folder
$abc=Get-StorageTier -FriendlyName "<ssd tier>"
PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-ChildItem x:\folder|foreach{
>> Set-FileStorageTier -FilePath $_.fullname -DesiredStorageTier $abc
>> }
>>
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