#!/bin/powershell <# .SYNTAX ./zip-dir.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION creates a zip archive of the given directory .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($Directory = "") if ($Directory -eq "" ) { $Directory = read-host "Enter the path to the directory to zip" } try { compress-archive -path $Directory -destinationPath $Directory.zip write-host -foregroundColor green "Done - created zip archive $($Directory).zip" exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }