In addition to being able to zip files and folders, PowerShell has the ability to unzip archives. It will look something like this: Compress-Archive -Path C:\path\to\files -Update -DestinationPath C:\path\to\archive.zip It lets you replace older file versions in the archive with newer ones that have the same names, and add files that have been created in the root directory. It would look something like this: Compress-Archive -Path C:\path\to\file\*.* -DestinationPath C:\path\to\archive.zipĮven after the archive is complete, you can update an existing zipped file with the use of the -Update parameter. Note: Subdirectories and the files of the root folder aren’t included in the archive with this method.įinally, if you want an archive that only compresses files in the root directory-and all its subdirectories-you would use the star-dot-star (*.*) wildcard to zip them. The command’s notation would look like this: Compress-Archive -Path C:\path\to\file\*.jpg -DestinationPath C:\path\to\archive.zip You can tell PowerShell to archive them without touching the others explicitly. jpg, etc.) but only want to compress all of one type. Next, say you have a folder with a bunch of different file types (.doc. It should look something like this: Compress-Archive -Path C:\path\to\file\* -DestinationPath C:\path\to\archive.zip By adding an asterisk (*) to the end of the file path, you tell PowerShell only to grab what’s inside of the root directory. However, if you want to exclude the root folder from the Zip file, you can use a wildcard to omit it from the archive. To use a wildcard with Compress-Archive, you must use the -Path parameter instead, as -LiteralPath does not accept them.Ībove, we covered how to include the root directory and all of its files and subdirectories when creating an archive file. When you use the character, you can exclude the root directory, compress only files in a directory, or choose all files of a specific type.
The Compress-Archive cmdlet lets you use a wildcard character (*) to expand the functionality even further.
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