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New Post: How to save directory structure with Write-Zip

waltermetcalf — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:37:51 GMT

Hi there,

I have written a script in Powershell 3.0 to backup selected files. But I've run into the same problem mentioned by a couple of other folks here, namely that the directory structure is not being saved. However in both the posts about this issue and the replies, no fix or workaround was mentioned.

It's really important that I find a solution to this problem. Otherwise, I'll have to complete re-design the script.

Does anyone know of a successful fix/workaround for this problem?

Thanks very much in advance.

PS. I am running on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.

New Post: remote session invoke-command write-zip

r_keith_hill — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:44:48 GMT

Yes PSCX must be installed on the remote machine.

New Post: Add Password functionality to Write-Zip cmdlet

deadlydog — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:09:55 GMT

It would be awesome if the Write-Zip cmdlet allowed you to also specify a password to password protect the zip archive with. I believe Write-Zip uses the same core libraries as 7zip, and 7zip is able to set passwords on zip archives. Of course, if this functionality is added to Write-Zip, the ability to specify a password to unzip a zip archive should also be added to Expand-Zip.

New Post: remote session invoke-command write-zip

birdbirdbird — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:31:47 GMT

Hi,

sorry for refreshing that old stuff here...
I started using PSCX today and I get the same error as shown above doing similar stuff.

$SESSION = New-PSSession -ComputerName $SERVER_NAME -Credential $CRED
Invoke-Command -Session $SESSION -ScriptBlock
{
Import-Module PSCX
Write-Zip -Path $PATH -OutputPath test.zip -IncludeEmptyDirectories
}

I'll have to zip files remotly on different maschines in different domains... so acutally my question is:

Do I have to install the PSCX extension on the remote maschine??

New Post: Edit-File using the PowerShell 3.0 ISE?

r_keith_hill — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:22:00 GMT

Just change the editor pref variable from notepad.exe to powershell_ise.exe.

New Post: Edit-File using the PowerShell 3.0 ISE?

BurtHarris — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:42:53 GMT

What's the anticipated mechanism to make Edit-File work well with the ISE editor in PSCX 3.0?

Can I do this simply by changing the editor preference variable, or do I need to replace the Edit-File function?

New Post: Get-Reparsepoint source code

r_keith_hill — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:43:15 GMT

Take a look at the ReparsePointHelper class.

New Post: Get-Reparsepoint source code

ilgrank — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:57:29 GMT

Hi
I'm trying to learn how to find a reparsepoint target.
While I've been able to understand if a folder is a junction or not, I've found no way short of FSUTIL to find a Junction's Target.

Searching around, it seems that the cmdlet get-reparsepoint does exactly what I need, but browsing the src repository I've been unable to find it.. can someone please point me to the right path?
Thanks :)

New Post: Installation issue

r_keith_hill — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:10:32 GMT

At this point, the 2.1 branch is pretty much done other than bug fixes. BTW previous to 2.x we provided an MSI but then got a number of complaints that folks wanted xcopy which is why 2.x is provided in xcopy form. We learned enough about the pitfalls of xcopy deployment that we didn't make that mistake again for 3.0. :-)

New Post: Installation issue

ilgrank — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:03:32 GMT

Thanks for your comprehension.. I was puzzled because I clearly remembered being able to install it some (months? year?) ago, but I could not figure out what I was doing wrong!
If I understand correctly, the PSCX 3.0 uses a different (MSI) way of installing.. wouldn't be easier if 2.x branch did it the same way?
Again, thanks

New Post: [PS 2.0 PSCX 2.2.1] Cannot install module

r_keith_hill — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:12:55 GMT

FYI, I have uploaded a new Pscx-2.1.1.zip file where the contained folder is named just Pscx (not Pscx-2.1.1). That should help avoid this problem in the future - I hope.

New Post: How to descompress Gzip archive.

r_keith_hill — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:11:25 GMT

This has been fixed in 2.1.1. Can you update to either the 2.1.1 or the 3.0 (PowerShell 3.0 only) version of Pscx?

New Post: Installation issue

r_keith_hill — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:05:33 GMT

This has happened to a couple of folks now. I just uploaded a new ZIP still named Pscx-2.1.1.zip but the folder inside the zip is called Pscx. That should hopefully help folks avoid this issue. Sorry for the inconvenience.

New Post: Installation issue

ilgrank — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:19:58 GMT

Thanks for the advice!
It din't work at first.. the readme file was a bit confusing, as the folder inside the zip file is named pscx2.21 and so it did not match the the instructions.
Many thanks for the help!

New Post: Installation issue

RudySchockaert — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:08:39 GMT

Did you try putting everything in a folder called Pscx in your Module path?

E.g. C:\Users\Mark\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Pscx\

New Post: Installation issue

ilgrank — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:27:42 GMT

Hi
I'm having a strange installation issue (and I've had it only on this one machine): basically, this is a W7 x64 install, and no matter where I put the pscx files:
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\Modules\
c:\windows\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\Modules\
c:\users\mark\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\

when I try to import the module, I get a file not found error even tho the files are there:

Import-Module : The specified module 'Pscx' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.

At line:1 char:14
+ import-module <<<<  Pscx
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (Pscx:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Comm
   ands.ImportModuleCommand

now I'm surely missing something, and I beg everyone pardon, but I'm banging my head at this since a couple of hours and I can't install.. what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks everyone!

Btw: If I specify the FULL path to the pscx files, it does find it, but that's not how it should work.. I would want to install for every user. here's my __$env:psmodulepath__:

PS C:\> $env:psmodulepath
C:\Users\Mark\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\Windo
wsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\

New Post: Call to ReadKey Crashes EXE

Jaykul — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:12:53 GMT

You probably can't refer to $host in scripts you convert to exe at all. (Usually) when you convert to whole .exe it doesn't run in PowerShell.exe, so there is no host. None of the read-host write-host stuff will function.

New Post: Call to ReadKey Crashes EXE

Hossy923 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:09:51 GMT

wrong forum --- please delete thread :)

New Post: How to descompress Gzip archive.

yodelmis — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:13:10 GMT

In Pscx2.0.0.1

How to descompress Gzip archive.

Write-GZip -Path "c:\z\url.txt" -- work

but
Expand-Archive -Path "C:\Z\url.txt.gz" ---- throw exception

Expand-Archive : Error reading index 0
En línea: 1 Carácter: 15

Expand-Archive <<<< -Path "C:\Z\url.txt.gz"
- CategoryInfo : ReadError: (:) [Expand-Archive], ArgumentException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArchiveReadFail,Pscx.Commands.IO.Compression.ExpandArchiveCommand

New Post: Write-Zip throws exception on -Append

r_keith_hill — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:21:24 GMT

Well, I can duplicate the error. I'll try to take a look at it this weekend.