I have a Powershell script that moves files:
$from = $path + '\' + $_.substring(8)
$to = $quarantaine + '\' + $_.substring(8)
Move-Item $from $to
The directory structure in the $to path doesn't exist so I would like Powershell to create it with Move-Item. I've tried adding -Force but that didn't work.
What can I do to make sure Powershell creates the needed directories in $to?
You could create it yourself:
$from = Join-Path $path $_.substring(8)
$to = Join-Path $quarantaine $_.substring(8)
if(!(Test-Path $to))
{
New-Item -Path $to -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
}
Move-Item $from $to
-PathType Container is not a parameter for New-Item. Remove this and it works as expected.
Function Confirm-MoveItem([string]$path, [string]$destination) { if (!(Test-Path "$destination\..")) { New-Item -Path "$destination\.." -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null } Move-Item -Path $path -Destination $destination -Force }
Test-Path conditional and just always call New-Item at this point.You could use the system.io.directory .NET class to check for destination directory and create if it doesn't exist. Here is an example using your variables:-
if (!([system.io.directory]::Exists($quarantine))){
[system.io.directory]::CreateDirectory($quarantine)
}
Copy-File $from $to
Test-Path/New-Item?
Exists($quarantine) with CreateDirectory because it does it internally anyways. Even better, if you have access to \\server\share\my\path directory but not \\server\share\my directory Exists(@"\\server\share\my\path\subfolder") will fail but CreateDirectory(@"\\server\share\my\path\subfolder") won't.You could also add a utility function like this:
Function Move-Item-Parent([string]$path, [string]$destination) {
New-Item $destination -ItemType Directory -Force
Move-Item $path $destination
}
Then invoke it like this:
Move-Item-Parent $from $to
