Continue and OverRide option in FileMaintenance.ps1 - 7k2mpa/FileMaintenace GitHub Wiki

Summary

You can control copy and move action with -OverRide and -Continue option when files exist in the destination.

Option(s)	Newer or Equal File	Older File
Nothing	Error/No & Terminate	Error/No & Terminate
Continue	Warning/No	Warning/No
ContinueAsNormal	Normal/No	Normal/No
OverRide	Warning/No	Warning/Yes
OverRideAsNormal	Warning/No	Normal/Yes
OverRideForce	Warning/Yes	Warning/Yes
OverRideForce&OverRideAsNormal	Normal/Yes	Normal/Yes

Legend [Return Code] / [OverRide a file in the destination]

Detail

Specify no option.

If a file exist in the destination, the script output an Error and terminate and return Error exit code.

OverRide

If a file in the destination is equal or newer than last write time of the source file, the script dose not override and output a Warning and return Warning exit code.

If a file in the destination is not equal or newer than last write time of the source file, the script override a file in the destination and output a Warning and return Warning exit code.

Continue

The script dose not override files in the destination and skip processing the source file and process next files and output a Warning and return Warning exit code.

AsNormal

If files exist in the destination, with -Continue or -OverRide option the script output a Warning and return Warning exit code.

With AsNormal, the script return Normal exit code.

If you want to specify 'AsNormal' , specify -ContinueAsNormal or -OverRideAsNormal option.

OverRideForce

Even if a file in the destination is equal or newer than last write time of the source file, the script override files in the destination and output a Warning and return Warning exit code.

If a file in the destination is not equal or newer than last write time of the source file, the script override files in the destination and output a Warning and return Warning exit code.

Reminds

-OverRide(AsNormal,Force) is prior to -Continue(AsNormal)

But -OverRide(AsNormal,Force)'s priority is only for local action.

Without -Continue option, if the script fails to process in another section or another reason (e.g. an execution user of the script dose not have a write permission of the destination file) , the script terminates.

With -Continue option, if the script fails, dose not terminate and process continuously.