Copy-Item not including subfolder files of source directory in PowerShell

Question

I have a script which moves files with a specific extension from a source directory to a destination directory.

My source directory looks like:

FILESFOLDER

• File1.td

• File2.td

  SUBFOLDER

  • File3.td

  • File4.td

My script is short and looks like:

if(!(Test-Path $SourceDirPath) -or !(Test-Path $DestinationDirPath))
{
    Write-Host "The source- or destination path is incorrect, please check "
    break
}else
{
    Write-Host "Success"
    Copy-Item -path $SourceDirPath -Filter "*$extension" -Destination $DestinationDirPath -Recurse
}

I have to mention that the $SourceDirPath comes from a config file and only works if I declare it as C:\FILESFOLDER\*

The script works but doesn't copy the files from the subfolder to destination. The destination only has File1 and File2.

What's wrong with my Copy-Item command?

Answer 1

So this will compare the directory source versus the destination and then copy over the content. Ignore my funky variables, I've amended them below on a edit

 #Release folder
    $Source =  ""
    #Local folder
    $Destination = ""

    #Find all the objects in the release
    get-childitem $Source -Recurse | foreach {

    $SrcFile = $_.FullName
    $SrcHash = Get-FileHash -Path $SrcFile -Algorithm MD5 # Obtain hash

    $DestFile = $_.Fullname -replace [RegEx]::escape($Source),$Destination #Escape the hash
    Write-Host "comparing $SrcFile to $DestFile" -ForegroundColor Yellow

    if (Test-Path $DestFile) 
    {
    #Check the hash sum of the file copied
    $DestHash = Get-FileHash -Path $DestFile -Algorithm MD5

    #compare them up
    if ($SrcHash.hash -ne $DestHash.hash) {
        Write-Warning "$SrcFile and $DestFile Files don't match!"

        Write-Warning "Copying $SrcFile to $DestFile " 

        Copy-Item $SrcFile -Destination $DestFile -Force
    } 
    else {
        Write-Host "$SrcFile and $DestFile Files Match" -ForegroundColor 
Green

    }
        } 
    else {
        Write-host "$SrcFile is missing! Copying in" -ForegroundColor Red
        Copy-Item $SrcFile -Destination $DestFile -Force

         }
    }