Import CSV foreach loop process - iis

Question

I am working on an issue and I can't seem to get the syntax correct.
I have a directory which has a series of csv files which each contain a list of virtual directories and paths from an old IIS6 machine. I am recreating those on a new IIS7.5 machine and I am able to get them added one directory at a time by going to the directory "iis:\sites\Atlanta" and running this command.
Import-Csv C:\Users\MIGXHZ700\Desktop\Atlanta.csv | Where-Object {$_.Path -match "\\"} | ForEach-Object {New-Item $_.Name -Type VirtualDirectory -physicalPath $_.Path}
For the life of me I can't get the syntax right to run this in a script. I think it's just an issue with concatenation, but I am not 100% sure. Here is where I am at with the script.
$dirs = ls C:\Users\[blah]\Desktop\*.csv | foreach-object {
Import-Csv $_ |
Where-Object {$_.Path -match "\\"} |
ForEach-Object {New-Item 'IIS:\Sites\'+$_.Name -Type VirtualDirectory -physicalPath $_.Path}
}
It also might be an issue doing Foreach inside of a Foreach?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

'IIS:\Sites\'+$_.Name is not a valid argument to New-Item, because the -Path parameter takes a string argument, but that's an expression. It's an expression that evaluates to a string representing the path of the item you want to create, but you need to evaluate it by enclosing it in parentheses:
New-Item ('IIS:\Sites\' + $_.Name) -Type VirtualDirectory -PhysicalPath $_.Path
BTW, what's your intention for $dirs? It will be assigned the output of the New-Item command, which will be an array of DirectoryInfo objects (the same as what you'd get from $dirs = Get-ChildItem IIS:\Sites\ after creating all those directories). Is that what you want?