--- title: "Create-ZipFile" ---
This is generated from the built in components of Otter 2024.0, and may be different than what you have installed (especially if you have extensions); go to [Gear Icon] -> Administration -> Operations within your Otter instance to see exactly what operations are available.

Creates a zip file on a server.

Script usage:

Create-ZipFile(
	Name: <text>,
	Directory: <text>,
	[Overwrite: <true/false>]
);

This operation may be prefixed with Files::, although this is a built-in namespace and isn't really necessary.

Arguments:

NameFormatScript UsageUsage Notes
Zip file name
text
Name
This argument is required.
Source directory
text
Directory
This argument is required.
Overwrite
true/false
Overwrite

See also:

Example:


# zip all log files and place them in the backup directory
Create-ZipFile(
    Name: E:\backup\logs.$Date("yyyyMMdd-hhmmss").zip,
    Directory: E:\site\logs
);