link_Nto1.ps1
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<#PSScriptInfo .VERSION 1.0.1 .GUID aca602e8-0ebe-43e8-84a7-ea1d33a3a4d0 .AUTHOR Vasil Kalchev .COMPANYNAME .COPYRIGHT MIT .TAGS hard link symbolic link .LICENSEURI https://github.com/VaSe7u/link_Nto1/blob/master/LICENSE .PROJECTURI https://github.com/VaSe7u/link_Nto1 .ICONURI .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES .REQUIREDSCRIPTS .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES .RELEASENOTES #> <# .SYNOPSIS Link files from multiple directories into one. .DESCRIPTION Creates hard or symbolic links inside the destination directory to every file from the source directories. This can be useful when you want to specify multiple folders to be consumed by a program, but the program only allows selecting a single folder and it doesn't iterate through its sub-directories (e.g. "Windows 10 Desktop Background Slideshow"). This way you are able to quickly reconfigure the set of folders that will be consumed. How to create a parameterized, runnable shortcut? Create the shortcut. In `Properties`, field `Target`: prepend "powershell" before "\path\link_Nto1.ps1" and after it, append the desired arguments. Set field `Start in` according to the location of the specified folders. .NOTES Files with equal names are considered the same. .PARAMETER dst Destination directory. .PARAMETER srcs One or more source directories. .PARAMETER ItemType Either 'HardLink' or 'SymbolicLink'. Default: 'HardLink' .EXAMPLE PS> .\link_Nto1.ps1 dst_dir src_dir1,src_dir2 .EXAMPLE PS> .\link_Nto1.ps1 -dst dst_dir -srcs src_dir1 -ItemType SymbolicLink .LINK https://github.com/VaSe7u/link_Nto1 #> param( [parameter(mandatory)] [string] $dst, [parameter(mandatory)] [string[]] $srcs, [validateset('HardLink','SymbolicLink')] [string] $ItemType='HardLink' ) $dst_files = @() # array that will be populated with all destination file names $src_files = @() # array that will be populated with all source file names # populate the `dst_files` array Write-Verbose("Populating ``dst_files``:") Get-ChildItem ".\$dst" | ForEach-Object { $dst_files += $_.ToString() Write-Verbose(" - $_") } # determine the linking verb string $verb = "" if ($ItemType -eq 'SymbolicLink') { $verb = "soft" } elseif ($ItemType -eq 'HardLink') { $verb = "hard" } else { # should never happen, since `ItemType` parameter is validated Write-Error("unknown ``ItemType``, terminating") Exit(1) } $srcs_cntr = 0 foreach($src in $srcs) { # iterate through the specified source directories # srcs progress bar --- $srcs_cntr++ $srcs_progress_activity = "Iterating directory" $status = "$srcs_cntr/$($srcs.count)" $percent = (($srcs_cntr / $($srcs.count)) * 100) Write-Progress -Id 0 -Activity $srcs_progress_activity -Status $status -CurrentOperation $src -PercentComplete $percent # Start-Sleep -Seconds 3 # srcs progress bar ~~~ Write-Output("Iterating directory .\$src :") $file_cntr = 0 Get-ChildItem ".\$src" | Foreach-Object { # files progress bar --- $file_cntr++ $files_progress_activity = ($verb.toCharArray()[0].tostring().toUpper() + $verb.remove(0, 1)) + " linking" $status = "$file_cntr/$((Get-ChildItem ".\$src").count)" $percent = (($file_cntr / $((Get-ChildItem ".\$src").count)) * 100) Write-Progress -Id 1 -ParentId 0 -Activity $files_progress_activity -Status $status -CurrentOperation $_ -PercentComplete $percent # files progress bar ~~~ Write-Host(" - $verb linking .\$src\$_ to .\$dst\$_") -NoNewline # linking will fail if the file already exists try { New-Item -ItemType $ItemType -ErrorAction Stop -Path ".\$dst\$_" -Target ".\$src\$_" > $null Write-Output(" - success") } catch [System.IO.IOException] { Write-Output(" - file already exists") } $src_files += $_.ToString() # remember every file that was linked } } # get rid of the progress bars Write-Progress -Id 0 -Activity $srcs_progress_activity -Status "Ready" -Completed Write-Progress -Id 1 -ParentId 0 -Activity $files_progress_activity -Status "Ready" -Completed Write-Verbose("Deleting missing files from destination:") $file_cntr = 0 foreach($file in $dst_files) { # del progress bar --- $file_cntr++ $deleting_progress_activity = "Deleting missing files from destination" $status = "$file_cntr/$($dst_files.count)" $percent = (($file_cntr / $($dst_files.count)) * 100) Write-Progress -Id 2 -Activity $deleting_progress_activity -Status $status -CurrentOperation $file -PercentComplete $percent # del progress bar ~~~ if ($file -notin $src_files) { Write-Verbose " - $file" Remove-Item .\$dst\$file } } |