rsync - create all missing parent directories?

Question

I\'m looking for an rsync-like program which will create any missing parent directories on the remote side.

For example, if I have /top/a/b/c/d

Answer 1

I was looking for a better solution, but mine seems to be better suited when you have too many sub-directories to create them manually.

Simply use cp as an intermediate step with the --parents option

cp --parents /your/path/sub/dir/ /tmp/localcopy
rsync [options] /tmp/localcopy/* remote:/destination/path/

cp --parents will create the structure for you.

You can call it from any subfolder if you want only one subset of the parent folders to be copied.