Move-Item not reading the path correctly - powershell

Question

I have this script where i want to move files from one path to another:
$logArchieveDirectory='C:\LogArchieve\'+$archiveTillDate.Day+$archiveTillDate.Month+$archiveTillDate.Year;
$sourcePathServer = 'C:\DDS\Server\LOGS';
$destPathServer=$logArchieveDirectory+'\Server';
#Create Directories
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $logArchieveDirectory;
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $destPathServer;
#Moving Logs to new temporary log archieve directories
foreach( $item in (Get-ChildItem $sourcePathServer | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -le $archiveTillDate }) )
{
Move-Item $item $destPathServer -force;
}
However, i have specified both paths fine But i keep getting this error when i run this script.
Move-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\DDS\WorkFolder\WebAdapter' because it does not exist.
At C:\DDS\WorkFolder\powerShellScript08062014.ps1:38 char:11
+ Move-Item <<<< $item $destPathController;
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\DDS\WorkFolder\WebAdapter:String) [Move-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand
The C:\DDS\WorkFolder\ is actually the folder where my script file is located. But what i am not understanding is why it is looking for the folder here and not where the path is given i.e. $sourcePathServer?

Answer 1

Your script passes relative paths to Move-Item and it defaults to the working directory. An easy solution is to pass absolute paths using .FullName property:
foreach ($item in (Get-ChildItem $sourcePathServer `
| Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -le $archiveTillDate })) {
Move-Item $item.FullName $destPathServer -force
}
Also using foreach in conjunction with pipelines doesn't look very elegant because of all the parentheses. You can get rid of it:
Get-ChildItem $sourcePathServer `
| Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -le $archiveTillDate } | Foreach-Object {
Move-Item $_.FullName $destPathServer -Force
}