Powershell 2 copy-item which creates a folder if doesn't exist

Question

$from = \"\\\\something\\1 XLS\\2010_04_22\\*\"
$to =  \"c:\\out\\1 XLS\\2010_04_22\\\"
copy-item $from $to -Recurse 

This works if c:\\out\\

Answer 1

Yes, add the -Force parameter.

copy-item $from $to -Recurse -Force