I want a powershell/batch script that map a drive on a free letter. Or test letters then map on a free one.
I'm sure there is something easier than this.
$tab = @()
$tab = @('A:', 'B:', 'C:', 'D:', 'E:', 'F:', 'G:', 'H:', 'I:', 'J:', 'K:', 'L:', 'M:', 'N:', 'O,:', 'P:', 'Q:', 'R:', 'S:', 'T:', 'U:', 'V:', 'W' ,'X:', 'Y:', 'Z')
for($i = 0;$i -lt 26;$i++){
if(net use $tab[$i] > $null){
Write-Host $tab[$i] "`tExists"
}
else{
Write-Host $tab[$i] "`tDoesn't exist"
}
}
I need my PS script to write something in a .bat script. So, 1) in my PS script find free letters then write it to the .bat script like this
$freeletter | Output-File -Append ....
or 2) my .bat script does something like that :
Is G: free ?
No Is H: free ?
Yes : Map It -> $mapdrive_1 = "H:"
Is I: free ?
No Is J: Free ?
Yes : Map it -> $mapdrive_2 = "J:"
#Once it's done I got my ONLY 2 mapped drives
$mapdrive_1
$mapdrive_2
#then i can do
net use $mapdrive_1 "my\path1"
net use $mapdrive_2 "my\path1"
start robocopy $mapdrive_1 $mapdrive_2 /options
net use $mapdrive_1 /DELETE
net use $mapdrive_2 /DELETE
net use $mapdrive_1 "my\path2"
net use $mapdrive_2 "my\path2"
start robocopy $mapdrive_1 $mapdrive_2 /options
net use $mapdrive_1 /DELETE
net use $mapdrive_2 /DELETE
Hope you understand what I mean :)
Regards,
Nico.
This will output all free letters, you can then pipe to select-object to get just the first one:
ls function:[a-z]: -name | where {-not (get-psdrive $_[0] -ea 0)}