Im stuck on a powershell script that has to compress all files from multiple subfolders to a destination folder

Question

Im stuck on a Powershell script that has to compress all files recursively from multiple subfolders to a destination folder.

Something like this:

From:

c:\backup\user\documents\\*  
c:\backup\user2\\*  
c:\backup\new\program\\*  

To:

x:\backupfolder\file1.zip

Answer 1

According to PS documentation, you can use the function Compress-Archive to do this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.archive/compress-archive?view=powershell-6

$compress = @{
Path= "c:\backup\user\documents*", "c:\backup\user2*", "c:\backup\new\program*"
CompressionLevel = "Fastest"
DestinationPath = "x:\backupfolder\file1.zip"
}
Compress-Archive @compress