Send-File.ps1

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## Send-File
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## From Windows PowerShell Cookbook (O'Reilly)
## by Lee Holmes (http://www.leeholmes.com/guide)
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## http://poshcode.org/2216
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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

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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