Powershell script won't listen to if statement

Question

I really stink at scripting and I need your help. I pieced together this script from several places on the internet and it works, until I enable my IF statement...

I'm just trying to get a count of files of a folder from a UNC path, and if it's over a specified amount, then I want it to send an email letting me know with the current count.

However, if I uncomment the if ($count -gt 50) part, then I won't get an email if the count is over 50.

I don't know how to make the ".Count" a variable for me to use elsewhere in the script. Can someone please help?

Then I'll need to figure out how to run it. Was thinking just a scheduled task in windows and have it run every few minutes or something, but if you have any better ideas, I'd like to hear them!

$FolderList = @(
    "\\server\path\test"
        )
$Body = ($FolderList | ForEach-Object {
    "Check to see if Sweep Service is running, file count for '$($_)':  " + (Get-ChildItem -Path $_ -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Measure-Object).Count
}) -join "`r`n"

#if ($count -gt 50)
#{
    $From = "[email protected]"
    $To = "[email protected]"
    $Subject = "Sweep Checker"
    $SmtpServer = "webmail.you.com"
    Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $SmtpServer
#}

Answer 1

your major problem seems to be NOT saving the file count to any variable. instead, you are saving the value as part of a string - not a number. [grin]

the following code explicitly puts the file count for the current dir into a var, adds that to the total count, and then uses the current count to build your output string for the body of your msg.

$FolderList = @(
    $env:TEMP
    $env:USERPROFILE
    $env:ALLUSERSPROFILE
        )
$TriggerFileCount = 20
$TotalFileCount = 0

$Body = foreach ($FL_Item in $FolderList)
    {
    $CurrentFileCount = @(Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $FL_Item -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Count
    $TotalFileCount += $CurrentFileCount

    # send out to the "$Body" collection
    'Check to see if Sweep Service is running, file count for [ {0} ] = {1}' -f $FL_Item, $CurrentFileCount
    }

if ($TotalFileCount -gt $TriggerFileCount)
    {
    $SMM_Params = @{
        From = '[email protected]'
        To = '[email protected]'
        Subject = 'Sweep Checker'
        Body = $Body -join [System.Environment]::NewLine
        SmtpServer = $SmtpServer
        }

    $SMM_Params

    #Send-MailMessage @SMM_Params
    }

output ...

Name                           Value
----                           -----
Subject                        Sweep Checker
From                           [email protected]
To                             [email protected]
SmtpServer                     webmail.you.com
Body                           Check to see if Sweep Service is running, file count for [ C:\Temp ] = 22...

the full content of the $Body variable ...

Check to see if Sweep Service is running, file count for [ C:\Temp ] = 22
Check to see if Sweep Service is running, file count for [ C:\Users\MyUserName ] = 5
Check to see if Sweep Service is running, file count for [ C:\ProgramData ] = 0