Session.GetFileToDirectory Not creating local directory if it doesn't exist :: Support Forum

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Session.GetFileToDirectory Not creating local directory if it doesn't exist

2022-01-13 21:08

I'm trying to pull files to my local machine like so:

foreach ($fileInfo in $Files){
    Write-Host "Downloading $($fileInfo.FullName) ..."
    $filePath = [WinSCP.RemotePath]::EscapeFileMask($fileInfo.FullName)
    $FileFullNameBS = $fileInfo.FullName.Replace("/", "\")
    $sp = Split-Path -Path $FileFullNameBS 
    $LocalDirectory = "$($localPath)$($sp)"
    $session.GetFileToDirectory($filePath, $LocalDirectory, $false)
}

Everything works fine if I already have the directory created on my local machine but if it doesn't exist, I get:

Exception calling "GetFileToDirectory" with "3" argument(s): Local Directory
At localfilepath\txtmerge.ps1:69 char:5
+ $session.GetFileToDirectory($filePath, $LocalDirectory, $false)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DirectoryNotFoundException

I might be wrong as I am fairly new to PowerShell but It says on the documentation