How to copy a file and create directory containing it with PowerShell?

Question

I have an arrangement that has 3 lines, they are file paths to copy them:

Configurations/config1.json
Configurations/config2.json
Configurations/config3.json

The instruction I use to copy the files is the following:

Foreach ($i in $changes) { Copy-Item $i "C:\file\" -Recurse -Container }

The files have been copied successfully. My question is how to automatically create the directory Configurations/ inside of file/ and files inside of Configurations/.

Uuuuuumm · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-09 22:13:50Z

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You could use to New-Item to create the directories/files

$changes | foreach-object {
    # remove file name from path
    $pathToDir = $_.Substring($_.Length - ($_ -split "/")[-1].Length)
    
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $pathToDir
    
    # I'm not sure if you are trying to create empty files to copy from or if the files 
    # you are creating are copies, but below is where your would create/copy the files, if 
    # you clarify your question, I can update the code below to something relevant
    
    # your code
    Copy-Item $_ "C:\file\" -Recurse -Container
}

answered Nov 9, 2020 at 22:13

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2 Comments

Antonio Moreno Over a year ago

I have tested the code, as a result it has copied 2 files into the directory when they have to be 3. I don't know what change I should make so that all 3 can be copied into the same directory. Thanks for the collaboration.

Uuuuuumm Over a year ago

That seems like a weird problem, would you mind updating the question with the code you currently have.

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