Powershell in a batch file - How to avoid metacharacters?

Question

Starting Windows 7, when I copied the file to an external drive, during a regular file backup , I use Powershell v2 (run from a batch file) - create all the timestamps of the source file in the copy file.

The following code works in most cases, but not always: -

SET file=%1
SET dest=E:\

COPY /V /Y  %file% "%dest%"

SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
FOR /F "usebackq delims==" %%A IN ('%file%') DO (
      SET fpath=%%~dpA
      SET fname=%%~nxA
)

PowerShell.exe (Get-Item \"%dest%\%fname%\").CreationTime=$(Get-Item \"%fpath%%fname%\" ^| Select-Object -ExpandProperty CreationTime ^| Get-Date -f \"MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss\")

The above code copies the file and then sets the date / time the copy (destination) file was created to the file of the source file when I drag the source file into my batch file.

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PowerShell.exe (Get-Item -LiteralPath \"%dest%\%fname%\").CreationTime=$(Get-Item -LiteralPath \"%fpath%%fname%\" ^| Select-Object -ExpandProperty CreationTime ^| Get-Date -f \"MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss\")

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Answer 1

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@echo off
:: Do NOT use setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION, because it would cause
:: misinterpretation of  "!" chars. in filenames.    
setlocal

:: Parse the file path given as %1 (the first argument) into its folder path and filename.
:: Be sure to pass the %1 argument *double-quoted* to prevent up-front interpretation 
:: by cmd.exe; e.g.:
::   someBatchFile "c:\tmp\foo.txt" or someBatchFile "%file%"
:: Note that %~dp1 always returns a path with a trailing "\".
set "fpath=%~dp1"
set "fname=%~nx1"

:: Determine the destination folder
set "dest=E:\"

:: Use robocopy to copy the file to the destination dir. with timestamps preserved.
:: Syntax is: <source-dir> <dest-dir> <filename-or-wildcard> ...
:: IMPORTANT: To avoid problems with paths that end in "\", always follow
::            a variable reference inside "..." with a *space* (a trick discovered by
::            Ed999 himself).
robocopy "%fpath% " "%dest% " "%fname%"

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powershell -command "(Get-Item -LiteralPath '%dest%%fname%').CreationTime=(Get-Item -LiteralPath '%fpath%%fname%').CreationTime"

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Answer 2

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@echo off

::  **  INPUT File **
    SET file=%1

::  **  Destination Directory **
    SET dest=C:\Users\%Username%\Desktop\test

::  **  Copy using Command Shell **
    COPY /V /Y  %file% "%dest%"

::  **  Location of PowerShell **
    SET PowerShell=C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoProfile

::  ** Store PATH & NAME of source file (WITHOUT quotation marks) **
    FOR /F "usebackq delims==" %%A IN ('%file%') DO (
          SET fpath=%%~dpA
          SET fname=%%~nxA
    )

::  ** Rename the Files **
    REN "%fpath%%fname%" temp1
    REN "%dest%\%fname%" temp2

::  ** Set CREATED date of output file **
::  NB: Will fail if MONTHS (MM) is identical to MINUTES (mm)
    %PowerShell% (Get-Item \""%dest%\temp2\"").CreationTime=$(Get-Item \""%fpath%temp1\"" ^| Select-Object -ExpandProperty CreationTime ^| Get-Date -f \"MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss\")

::  ** Set MODIFIED date of output file **
::  NB: Will fail if MONTHS (MM) is identical to MINUTES (mm)
    %PowerShell% (Get-Item \""%dest%\temp2\"").LastWriteTime=$(Get-Item \""%fpath%temp1\"" ^| Select-Object -ExpandProperty LastWriteTime ^| Get-Date -f \"MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss\")

::  ** Wait **
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    echo. & echo Wait 15 Seconds ... & echo.
    @CHOICE /T 15 /C yn /D y > NUL

::  ** Restore ORIGINAL filenames **
    REN "%fpath%temp1" "%fname%"
    REN "%dest%\temp2" "%fname%"

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@echo off

::  *** Copy file including its CREATED date & MODIFIED date ***

::  File : Drag-and-Drop
    SET file=%1

::  Destination Directory
    SET dest=E:\

::  ** Safety Checks **
    ATTRIB -R -A -S -H  %file%

::  ** Store PATH & NAME of file (WITHOUT quotation marks) **
    FOR /F "usebackq delims==" %%A IN ('%file%') DO (
      SET fpath=%%~dpA
      SET fname=%%~nxA
      SET  name=%%~nA
      SET   ext=%%~xA
    )

    ::  *** POWERSHELL : File only ***

    ::  ** Copy File **
    COPY /V /Y  %file% "%dest%"

    ::  ** Location of PowerShell **
    SET PowerShell=C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoProfile

    ::  ** Set CREATED date of copy **
    ::  NB: Will fail if MONTHS (MM) is identical to MINUTES (mm)
    %PowerShell% -command "(Get-Item -LiteralPath '%dest:'=''%\%fname:'=''%').CreationTime=(Get-Item -LiteralPath '%fpath:'=''%%fname:'=''%').CreationTime"

    ::  ** Set MODIFIED date of copy **
    ::  NB: Will fail if MONTHS (MM) is identical to MINUTES (mm)
    %PowerShell% -command "(Get-Item -LiteralPath '%dest:'=''%\%fname:'=''%').LastWriteTime=(Get-Item -LiteralPath '%fpath:'=''%%fname:'=''%').LastWriteTime"

    ::  ** Set ACCESSED date of copy **
    ::  NB: Will fail if MONTHS (MM) is identical to MINUTES (mm)
    %PowerShell% -command "(Get-Item -LiteralPath '%dest:'=''%\%fname:'=''%').LastAccessTime=(Get-Item -LiteralPath '%fpath:'=''%%fname:'=''%').LastAccessTime"

    ::  Open Destination Directory
    C:\Windows\Explorer.exe "%dest%"