Powershell – How to split parent path of a unc path by using powershell

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Here is a UNC path I've got.\\sharespace\test1\10.0.1212.1

Can I get its parent path\\sharespace\test1\?

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There are a few options. If you have access to the share then:

(Get-Item '\\sharespace\test1\10.0.1212.1').Parent.Fullname

If you do not have access to the share, you can go the more unpalatable route of manipulating the string in various ways. This is one:

$path = '\\sharespace\test1\10.0.1212.1'
[string]::Join('\', $path.Split('\')[0..$($path.Split('\').Length-2)])

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This example assumes that by "latest update child folder" you want to use the LastWriteTime attribute.

Get-ChildItem "10.*" | Sort-Object -Property LastWriteTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1

Powershell – Why can’t I get the size of network shared folder? by powershell

This looks like exactly what you need: Scripting Guy article on getting folder size

I think it's important to note that powershell can typically handle UNC paths natively, so there's no need to map a drive. You should be able to do something like this:

$fsobuild = new-Object -com Scripting.FileSystemObject
"{0:N2}" -f (($fsobuild.GetFolder($lastbuild.Fullname).Size) / 1MB) + " MB"

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