PowerShell Copy-Item not creating subfolders

Question

I want Copy-Item to copy to the destination file and create any subfolders on the way, but I can't seem to get that to work.

Copy-Item $fullsrc $fulldst -Recurse -Force -Verbose

$fullsrc and $fulldst are full paths with filenames as the destination filename is different from the source filename. Is there a way to get Copy-Item to create the subfolders and then copy the file over?

VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Copy File" on target "Item: D:\mypath\logs\001.123.log
Destination: D:\newpath\newlogs\123.234.log".
Copy-Item : Could not find a part of the path 'D:\newpath\newlogs\123.234.log'.

Answer 1

Copy-item have't function to create a folder, you need to previously create it

 Copy-Item $fullsrc $(new-item -ItemType Directory -Path $fulldst) -Recurse -Force -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Answer 2

You have to create the parent directory of the destination file on your own.

# Split-Path with single parameter outputs the parent directory
$null = New-Item (Split-Path $fulldst) -ItemType Directory

Copy-Item $fullsrc $fulldst -Force -Verbose

Note that -Recurse switch has no use when you specify full source and destination file paths, so I've removed it.