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How to generate the Zip using powershell with in same folder

Step1 : need to zip below three files in same location with holds.zip Path: D:\Project\extensions\files inside this path having households filefolder xmldocument dll need to zip the file with these three files Step2:once zipped(holds.zip) delete the zip file and copy in D:\Project\extensions

using this command but not getting the required output Compress-Archive -Path D:\Project\extensions\files -DestinationPath D:\Project\extensions\files

Solution

  • I tried re-creating the scenario you mentioned as follows:

    Created a directory "D:\Project\extensions\files" that contains the following items:

    1. A File Folder named "datadocs"
    2. An XML file named "script.xml"
    3. A DLL file named "config.dll"

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    I executed the below PS script and it archived the folder contents in same location:

    $compress = @{
  Path = "D:\Project\extensions\files"
  CompressionLevel = "Fastest"
  DestinationPath = "D:\Project\extensions\files\holds.zip"
}
Compress-Archive @compress

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    Once the zip file was generated, I used the below cmdlet to delete it & move to "D:\Project\extensions" path:

    Move-Item "D:\Project\extensions\files\holds.zip" "D:\Project\extensions\holds.zip"

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    Hope this solution meets your requirements!