If you want to scan a large list of network path to suppress old references, here is how to do it quickly in powershell.
Beware : if you don’t have authorization on the share the result will be the same as if it doesn’t exist
#Network path test foreach ( $path_to_check in ( Get-Content ./list_path.txt)) { echo “Scanning -> $path_to_check” if (Test-Path $path_to_check) { echo "$path_to_check,yes" >> ./check_path_restult.csv } else { echo "$path_to_check,no" >> ./check_path_restult.csv } } |
Example :
PS D:\tmp> foreach ( $path_to_check in ( Get-Content ./list_path.txt)) { >> echo "Scanning -> $path_to_check" >> if (Test-Path $path_to_check) { >> echo "$path_to_check,yes" >> ./check_path_restult.csv >> } >> else { >> echo "$path_to_check,no" >> ./check_path_restult.csv >> } >> } >> Scanning -> \\host000001\bibli Scanning -> \\host000001\dom101$ Scanning -> \\host000001\dom33 Scanning -> \\host000001\dom38 |
Content of result file (check_path_restult.csv) :
\\host000001\bibli,yes \\host000001\bibli,yes \\host000001\dom101$,yes \\host000001\dom33,no \\host000001\dom38,yes