Loop with break

Question

Foreach ($dir in @("C:","D:","E:","H:","I:"))
{
    IF (Test-Path $dir\folder\Office_task.bat)
    {
       Copy-Item $dir\folder\Office_task.bat C:\Users -Force
       break
    }
    IF (Test-Path $dir\folder\xml\Office.xml)
    {
        Register-ScheduledTask -Xml (Get-Content "$dir\folder\xml\Office.xml" | Out-String) -TaskName "Office" -Force
        break
    }
}

How to first loop through all drives and copy a file from the first it is found, and then loop through all drives again and register a task. Currently my file is only being copied. May be because of an incorrect break command.

Answer 1

Resolve-Path can help here:

The first two checks find the correct path, then if more then one path found it use the first one, then execute your task for that path

$Drives = @("C:","D:","E:","H:","I:")

$OfficePath = ($Drives | % {Resolve-Path $_\folder\Office_task.bat -EA SilentlyContinue}).Path
$XmlPath = ($Drives | % {Resolve-Path $_\folder\xml\Office.xml -EA SilentlyContinue}).Path

$OfficePath = $OfficePath | select -First 1
$XmlPath = $XmlPath | select -First 1

if ($OfficePath) {Copy-Item $OfficePath C:\Users -Force}
if ($XmlPath) {Register-ScheduledTask -Xml (Get-Content $XmlPath | Out-String) -TaskName "Office" -Force}