create Zip file (powershell)

create-zip-file-powershell

#
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1153126/how-to-create-a-zip-archive-with-powershell
#

#
# $zipFileName contains path to new .zip file
# $sourceDir contains path to folder with source data
#
ZipFiles $zipFileName $sourceDir

function ZipFiles([String] $zipfilename, [String] $sourcedir)
{
    Add-Type -Assembly System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
    $compressionLevel = [System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel]::Optimal
    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($sourcedir, $zipfilename, $compressionLevel, $false)
}