How can I copy a directory, overwriting its contents if it exists using Powershell?
Solution 1:
So the problem is that this:
Copy-Item -Force -Recurse foo bar
only works if bar does not exist and this:
Copy-Item -Force -Recurse foo/* bar
only works if bar exists. So to work around, you need to make sure bar
exists before doing anything:
New-Item -Force -Type Directory bar
Copy-Item -Force -Recurse foo/* bar
Solution 2:
If you only want to copy contents of the "source" folder use
copy-item .\source\* .\destination -force -recurse