Windows PowerShell Unleashed

Chapter 6. PowerShell and the File System

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introduction

• File System Management in WSH and PowerShell

• Working with Permissions

• From VBScript to PowerShell

Introduction

This chapter explains how PowerShell can be used to manage the Windows file system. To do this, the chapter explores in-depth examples of managing the file system using both Windows Script Host (WSH) and PowerShell. These examples are presented from both perspectives in an effort to give the reader a path to learn PowerShell based on existing Windows scripting knowledge. In addition to the example-based comparisons, this chapter also presents a working file-management script based on a real-world situation. The goal, like the rest of the chapters in this book, is to give ...