# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Send-File.ps1
# description: From Windows PowerShell Cookbook (O’Reilly) by Lee Holmes
# version: 0.1
# type: script
# author: Lee Holmes
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 2216
# x-archived: 2016-10-10T09:26:16
# x-published: 2010-09-09T21:42:00
#
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## Send-File
##
## From Windows PowerShell Cookbook (O'Reilly)
## by Lee Holmes (http://www.leeholmes.com/guide)
##
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.SYNOPSIS
Sends a file to a remote session.
.EXAMPLE
PS >$session = New-PsSession leeholmes1c23
PS >Send-File c:\temp\test.exe c:\temp\test.exe $session
#>
param(
## The path on the local computer
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
$Source,
## The target path on the remote computer
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
$Destination,
## The session that represents the remote computer
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PSSession] $Session
)
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
## Get the source file, and then get its content
$sourcePath = (Resolve-Path $source).Path
$sourceBytes = [IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($sourcePath)
$streamChunks = @()
## Now break it into chunks to stream
Write-Progress -Activity "Sending $Source" -Status "Preparing file"
$streamSize = 1MB
for($position = 0; $position -lt $sourceBytes.Length;
$position += $streamSize)
{
$remaining = $sourceBytes.Length - $position
$remaining = [Math]::Min($remaining, $streamSize)
$nextChunk = New-Object byte[] $remaining
[Array]::Copy($sourcebytes, $position, $nextChunk, 0, $remaining)
$streamChunks += ,$nextChunk
}
$remoteScript = {
param($destination, $length)
## Convert the destination path to a full filesytem path (to support
## relative paths)
$Destination = $executionContext.SessionState.`
Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath($Destination)
## Create a new array to hold the file content
$destBytes = New-Object byte[] $length
$position = 0
## Go through the input, and fill in the new array of file content
foreach($chunk in $input)
{
Write-Progress -Activity "Writing $Destination" `
-Status "Sending file" `
-PercentComplete ($position / $length * 100)
[GC]::Collect()
[Array]::Copy($chunk, 0, $destBytes, $position, $chunk.Length)
$position += $chunk.Length
}
## Write the content to the new file
[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($destination, $destBytes)
## Show the result
Get-Item $destination
[GC]::Collect()
}
## Stream the chunks into the remote script
$streamChunks | Invoke-Command -Session $session $remoteScript `
-ArgumentList $destination,$sourceBytes.Length