How to create a zip file where a file name starts with a dot

Question

I have a situation where I am trying to create a zip file from the command line, but I am trying to add a file which starts with a dot.

powershell Compress-Archive -Path .\Dist\._test.txt -DestinationPath .\test

But this gives an error Could not find item Dist\._test.txt

How can I get this powershell command to include files named this way?

Answer 1

Explorer was set to show hidden items. For some reason it wasn't giving a visual indicator that this was a hidden file. I removed the checkbox for "Hidden" and it worked fine.

Answer 2

Please can you try like this, i had test the same and its working fine

powershell Compress-Archive -Path "C:\location\.test.png" -DestinationPath "C:\location\destination"