powershell create directory from path

Question

the paths are like this and none of these directory exist:

"D:\temp\test\abc.txt"  
"D:\temp2\test2\abc2.txt"
"D:\temp1\abc.txt"

I am trying to split the path and create directories only. I am trying below:

New-Item -Path "D:\temp\testing\abc.txt" -ItemType file  
Split-Path -Path "D:\temp\testing\abc.txt" -Resolve –IsAbsolute

What's your exact goal here? Create only the directory or also the files? Because if you want to create the file and all the directory tree at once, just add the `-Force` switch to your `New-Item` command. :) — Tuttu, Jan 14 '19 at 13:16
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16906170/create-directory-if-it-does-not-exist — Roland Molnar, Jan 14 '19 at 13:22
Then you can do this : `New-Item -Path (Split-Path D:\temp\test\abc.txt) -ItemType Directory -Force`. Using `Split-Path` with no parameters will return you the parent container. Used with the `-Force` switch of `New-Item` will let you get the desired result. :) — Tuttu, Jan 14 '19 at 13:33

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '19 at 14:14

[edit - didn't see the comment by Tuttu. [*blush*] i will leave this here, but that one is the 1st answer.]

i think what you are looking for is the Split-Path cmdlet. [grin] something like this ...

$PathList = @(
    'c:\temp\test1\abc.txt'  
    'c:\temp\test2\subtest2-1\abc2.txt'
    'c:\temp\test3\subtest3-1\subtest3-1-1\abc.txt'
    )

foreach ($PL_Item in $PathList)
    {
    $NewDir = Split-Path -Path $PL_Item -Parent
    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $NewDir))
        {
        $Null = New-Item -Path $NewDir -ItemType Directory -Force
        }
    }

that made 3 new directories, two of them with sub-directories.

note that this does NOT take into account any input path that has no terminating file ... you will always get the parent path.

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