Copy files from various onsite directories to corresponding folders in Sharefile

[Vallee2017]

I have several files that need to be uploaded to Sharefile monthly and I would like to use PowerShell to do this. I followed the steps here https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX207460 to add the ShareFile PowerShell snap and installed the Sharefile Powershell SDK from GitHub but need some help.

I tested by doing the following and get the prompt to enter credentials in Sharefile.

Add-pssnapin sharefile New-sfclient –name “c:\temp\sflogin.sfps” $sfclient = get-sfclient –name “c:\temp\sflogin.sfps” New-psdrive –name sf –psprovider sharefile –root / -client $sfclient

This works fine. Then I tested by doing a simple copy from a local directory to a directory in Sharefile as in the example below: Copy-sfitem c:\Temp\TestFolder-CommunicationTeam\CommunicationsPhoneTree.xlsx sf:/”Disaster Recovery-Business Continuity”\Communications

If no files exist then the file is uploaded fine. However there are three things I am trying to accomplish:

1. I want to copy select files, not the entire contents of the local directory. I know I can use (Copy-sfitem c:\temp\testfolder* sf:/”Disaster Recovery-Business Continuity”\Communications) and this copies the entire directory. However, I just need to upload two excel files that periodically change each month from a variety of local folders. How do I do this?
2. I need the files to be overwritten in Sharefile when they are uploaded. This doesn’t happen if I use Copy-sfitem c:\Temp\TestFolder-CommunicationTeam\CommunicationsPhoneTree.xlsx sf:/”Disaster Recovery-Business Continuity”\Communications. How do I add the overwrite parameter in the command?
3. I would need to copy local files from more than two dozen local directories to corresponding folders in Sharefile. I would like to efficiently do this using a script that doesn’t require me to log into Sharefile as I do when I enter the $sfclient = get-sfclient –name “c:\temp\sflogin.sfps” command as noted above. How do I configure the script with the credentials so this doesn’t need to run interactively? This will enable me to schedule the script to run automatically using the task scheduler.

Thanks, Roger

[ghost]

$sfclient = New-sfclient –name “c:\temp\sflogin.sfps” You only have to do this once

Once you have set $sfclient you can call it by doing this in your script: $sfclient = Get-SfClient –name “c:\temp\sflogin.sfps”