Create-ZipFileFromPipedItems.ps1
#still some work to do - doesn't work that well .. #source: http://www.technologytoolbox.com/blog/jjameson/archive/2012/02/28/zip-a-folder-using-powershell.aspx function Create-ZipFileFromPipedItems { param([string]$zipfilename) if(test-path($zipfilename)) { get-item $zipfilename | remove-item } set-content $zipfilename ('PK' + [char]5 + [char]6 + ("$([char]0)" * 18)) (get-childitem $zipfilename).IsReadOnly = $false $shellApplication = new-object -com shell.application $zipPackage = $shellApplication.NameSpace($zipfilename) foreach($file in $input) { $zipPackage.CopyHere($file.FullName) Start-sleep -milliseconds 500 } } |