If you wish to create a zip file containing the contents of a folder on a Microsoft Windows system from a command line interface (CLI), you can use PowerShell for that purpose. If you have version 5.0 or later of PowerShell, you can use the
compress-archive
and expand-archive
cmdlets -
cmdlets (pronounced command-lets) are specialized .NET
classes implementing a particular operation. You can determine which version
of PowerShell you have by opening a PowerShell window and typing
$psversiontable
.
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