Powershell script to zip folder base on their name with the command compress-archive

Question

I'm trying to compress each folder in my directory into a zip with the same name

I tried the simple compress-archive command

Compress-Archive $targetFolderPath -Destination $zipFolder -Update

but it gives me only one zip named ".zip" with all my folder in it, that's not what I want

Then I've found this, which is my best attempt :

Get-ChildItem $targetFolderPath -Directory | foreach { compress-archive $_ $_.basename -update}

I find one folder for one zip with the correct name which is good, however I cannot choose the destination directory

Can anybody see what I need to do to make this run ?

Thank you

Answer 1

Here's what I came up with. You can still transform it to a one-liner, if so desired, but I prefer a little more verbosity as the code is easier to read.

$Folders = @(Get-ChildItem $TargetFolderPath -Directory)

foreach ($Folder in $Folders) {

    $Zipfile = Join-Path -Path $ZipFolder -ChildPath ($Folder.name + '.zip')

    try {
        Compress-Archive `
            -Path $Folder.FullName `
            -DestinationPath $Zipfile `
            -CompressionLevel Fastest `
            -Update `
            -ErrorAction Stop
    } catch {
        Write-Warning "Unable to archive $($Folder.FullName): $($_.Exception.Message)"
    }
}