Count and compare two folders with PowerShell and mail the result

Modify script to your needs:

	$From = "yournamek@yourmailserver.com"
	$To = "recipientnamek@yourmailserver.com"
	$SMTPServer = "yourSMTPserver.domain.com"

	$dest1 = "\\192.168.1.1\folder1\"
	$dest2 = "\\192.168.1.2\folder2\"

	$Subject = "Comparison of" + $dest1 + " and " + $dest2

	$server1 = Get-ChildItem $dest1 -Recurse
	$server1count = $server1 \| Measure-Object \| %{$_.Count}
	Write-Host $dest1 " counted. Counting " $dest2 " now..."

	$server2 = Get-ChildItem $dest2 -Recurse
	$server2count = $server2\| Measure-Object \| %{$_.Count}
	Write-Host $dest2 " counted."

	$server1int = [int]$server1count
	$server2int = [int]$server2count

	Write-Host $dest1 " has " $server1int " files. " $dest2 " has " $server2int " files."

	Compare-Object -ReferenceObject $server1.Name -DifferenceObject $server2.Name \| Out-File C:\temp\compare_folders.txt

	if ($server1int -ne $server2int)
	{
	$Body = "The amount of data in " + $dest1 + " and " + $dest2 + " is not the same. Check attached comparison."
	}
	else
	{
	$Body = "The amount of data in " + $dest1 + " and " + $dest2 + " is the same. Check attached comparison to make sure that it is empty."
	}

	Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $SMTPServer -Attachments C:\temp\compare_folders.txt

	#Delete txt files in folder C:\temp\

	Remove-Item C:\temp\*.txt

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