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Compress-Archive

A cmdlet in PowerShell is used to create compressed (zipped) archive files. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.archive/compress-archive.

• Compress a single file:

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file.txt}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\file.zip}}

• Compress multiple files:

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file1, path\to\file2, ...}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\files.zip}}

• Compress a directory:

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\directory}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}}

• Update an existing archive:

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}} -Update

• Set compression level:

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\directory}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}} -CompressionLevel {{Optimal|Fastest|NoCompression}}