Powershell 'Move-Item' doesn't make directory if it doesn't exists

Question

I have a Powershell script which does a lot of things and one of them is moving files:

$from = $path + '\' + $_.substring(8)
$to   = $quarantaine + '\' + $_.substring(8)

Move-Item $from $to

But it happens the directory structure isn't already present in the $to path. So I would like Powershell to create it with this commando. I've tried Move-Item -Force $from $to, but that didn't help out.

What can I do to make sure Powershell creates the needed directories in order to get things working?
I hope I make myself clear, if not, please ask!

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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