Can PowerShell trap errors in GetChildItem and continue looping?
have you used silentlycontinue?
foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorAction silentlycontinue) { ...}
How about Inquire?
foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorAction Inquire) {...}Maybe open up a second PS window to troubleshoot the error then continue the command in the first PS window by selecting Y for continue.
You can also use ErrorVariable
foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorVariable a) {...}Get-Variable a or $a will show you all the errors incurred by the command. You can also use +variablename (+a) to add errors to an existing variable.
foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorVariable +a) {...}
I would use this to:
ForEach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorAction silentlycontinue) { ...}And then, you can filter $Error to get specifically Permission Denied type errors:
$permError += $Error | Where-Object { $_.CategoryInfo.Category -eq 'PermissionDenied' }ForEach($deniedAccess in $permError){ $deniedAccess.CategoryInfo.TargetName | Do Stuff}