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Compress multiple directories but exclude directory - Python zipfile(or anything native to Windows 2012+)

I'm looking to find a way to compress multiple directories while excluding a certain directory on several versions of Windows. Unfortunately tar is only available by default on Win 10+ and Compress-Archive doesn't seem to work for me due to it failing if a certain file is in use.

Python seems like the only option I can think of but not sure if it's possible yet.

I'm currently using

python3 -m zipfile -c zipName.zip dir1 dir2 dir3

Is it possible to exclude a specific subdirectory? eg. dir1/subD1

While python seems like the ideal choice, I'd love any other suggestions if this isn't possible. Need to use something native to all versions of Windows 2012+ OR Python.

Thanks.

Solution

  • Try pairing the python command with Get-ChildItem. something like this:

    $fileInfo = Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Path\To\Some\Files\*.*' -Exclude '*Exclude*'
python3 -m zipfile -c zipName.zip $fileInfo.FullName

    Or use the System.IO.Compression.GzipStream class (.NET 2.0) for something more elaborate.
    Take a look at This