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7 Zip Example to zip a Directory

# This script can be used to zip a directory with plain powershell.

$source = "C:\temp"

$destination = "D:\temp.zip"

If(Test-path $destination) {Remove-item $destination}

Add-Type -assembly "system.io.compression.filesystem"

[io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory($Source, $destination)

7 Zip Eample

Import-Module -Name 7Zip4Powershell

Compress-7Zip -Path C:\Temp -CompressionMethod Lzma2 -CompressionLevel Ultra -ArchiveFileName C:\temp\temp.7z

7 Zip Usage

Expand-7Zip
[-ArchiveFileName]
[-TargetPath]
[-Password ] | [-SecurePassword ]
[-CustomInitialization ]
[]

Compress-7Zip
[-ArchiveFileName]
[-Path]
[[-Filter] ]
[-Format {Auto | SevenZip | Zip | GZip | BZip2 | Tar | XZ}]
[-CompressionLevel {None | Fast | Low | Normal | High | Ultra}]
[-CompressionMethod {Copy | Deflate | Deflate64 | BZip2 | Lzma | Lzma2 | Ppmd | Default}]
[-Password ] | [-SecurePassword ]
[-CustomInitialization ]
[-EncryptFilenames]
[-VolumeSize ]
[-FlattenDirectoryStructure]
[-SkipEmptyDirectories]
[-DisableRecursion]
[-Append]
[]

Get-7Zip
[-ArchiveFileName]
[-Password ] | [-SecurePassword ]
[]

Get-7ZipInformation
[-ArchiveFileName]
[-Password ] | [-SecurePassword ]
[]