Archive Module

Versions

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Introduction

The Archive module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive provides functions for storing files in ZIP archives (Compress-Archive) and extracting them (Expand-Archive). This module is available in PowerShell 5.0 and above.

In earlier versions of PowerShell the Community Extensions or .NET System.IO.Compression.FileSystem could be used.

Syntax

• Expand-Archive / Compress-Archive
• -Path

- the path of the file(s) to compress (Compress-Archive) or
the path of the archive to extract the file(s) form (Expand-Archive)
- there are several other Path related options, please see below.

• -DestinationPath (optional)
• if you do not supply this path, the archive will be created in the current working directory (Compress-Archive) or the contents of the archive will be extracted into the current working directory (Expand-Archive)

Parameters

Parameter | Details |

|———–|———| |CompressionLevel|(Compress-Archive only) Set compression level to either Fastest, Optimal or NoCompression| |Confirm|Prompts for confirmation before running| |Force|Forces the command to run without confirmation| |LiteralPath|Path that is used literaly, no wildcards supported, use , to specify multiple paths| |Path|Path that can contain wildcards, use , to specify multiple paths| |Update|(Compress-Archive only) Update existing archive| |WhatIf|Simulate the command|

Remarks

See MSDN Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive (5.1) for further reference