I am struggling to archive file using PowerShell command with winrar
Folder has some text files N:\Download
: abc.txt, xyz.txt
i would like to get output: N:\Download
: abc.rar, xyz.rar and delete the text file after archive.
and how can I set the compressed level maximum?
https://documentation.help/WinRAR/HELPSwM.htm
here is my sample script
$Source = get-ChildItem -path N:\Download -filter "*.txt"
$Rarfile = "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"
$Dest = "N:\Download"
&$WinRar a $Source.Fullname $Dest
From the documentation,
Note, you have defined the full path to the winrar.exe file in variable $Rarfile
, but later on you use undefined variable $WinRar
..
If you want to create a .rar file for each source file separately, you will need a loop to be able to construct the output .rar filename
Try
$WinRar = "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"
$Dest = "N:\Download"
(Get-ChildItem -Path 'N:\Download' -Filter '*.txt') | ForEach-Object {
$outFile = Join-Path -Path $Dest -ChildPath ('{0}.rar' -f $_.BaseName)
& $WinRar a -m4 -df $outFile $($_.Fullname)
# or use
# & $WinRar m -m4 $outFile $($_.Fullname)
}
If you do not want WinRar to include the folder structure of the files, append the -ep switch to the command