PowerShell: Copy-Item Cannot find path

Question

I'm trying to get PowerShell to copy files from a remote computer (on which I have admin rights through AD) to the local computer. It fails in the strangest place. Here's a snippet of the script: ``` $configs = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Filter "*.config" $serverUNCPath foreach($config in $configs){ $config_target_dir = $dest.Path + $config.Directory.FullName.Replace($serverUNCPath,"") if(Test-Path -Path $config_target_dir){ Copy-Item $config -Destination $config_target_dir } } ``` It fails with the message ``` Cannot find path 'D:\ServerDeploy\TestMachine1\website\web.config' because it does not exist. At :line:39 char:12 + Copy-Item <<<< $config -Destination $config_target_dir ``` The path `D:\ServerDeploy\TestMachine1\website` exists. I'm going mad over this. What can I do to fix it?

Accepted Answer

Eeeeh.... OK?

If I replaced the line

```
 Copy-Item $config -Destination  $config_target_dir
```

with

```
 Copy-Item $config.FullName $config_target_dir
```

it suddenly magically worked....

What gives?

PowerShell: Copy-Item Cannot find path

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