v2.1.0

What's Changed

• Code improvements.

• Instance methods .OpenRead() and .OpenWrite() moved from ZipEntryFile to ZipEntryBase.

• Adds support to operate from input Stream. This means you can now:

  • List entries:

    PS ..\PSCompression> $uri = 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/PSCompression'
    PS ..\PSCompression> Invoke-WebRequest $uri | Get-ZipEntry | Select-Object -First 5
    
    Directory: /
    
    Type                    LastWriteTime  CompressedSize            Size Name
    ----                    -------------  --------------            ---- ----
    Archive            11/6/2024 10:29 PM       227.00  B       785.00  B [Content_Types].xml
    Archive            11/6/2024 10:27 PM       516.00  B         2.50 KB PSCompression.Format.ps1xml
    Archive            11/6/2024 10:29 PM       598.00  B         1.58 KB PSCompression.nuspec
    Archive            11/6/2024 10:27 PM         1.66 KB         5.45 KB PSCompression.psd1
    
    Directory: /_rels/
    
    Type                    LastWriteTime  CompressedSize            Size Name
    ----                    -------------  --------------            ---- ----
    Archive            11/6/2024 10:29 PM       276.00  B       507.00  B .rels

  • Read their content:

    PS ..\PSCompression> $entry = Invoke-WebRequest $uri | Get-ZipEntry -Include *.psd1
    PS ..\PSCompression> $entry | Get-ZipEntryContent -Raw | Invoke-Expression
    
    Name                           Value
    ----                           -----
    FunctionsToExport              {}
    PowerShellVersion              5.1
    GUID                           c63aa90e-ae64-4ae1-b1c8-456e0d13967e
    FormatsToProcess               {PSCompression.Format.ps1xml}
    RootModule                     bin/netstandard2.0/PSCompression.dll
    Author                         Santiago Squarzon
    ModuleVersion                  2.0.10
    CompanyName                    Unknown
    PrivateData                    {[PSData, System.Collections.Hashtable]}
    Description                    Zip and GZip utilities for PowerShell!
    Copyright                      (c) Santiago Squarzon. All rights reserved.
    CmdletsToExport                {Get-ZipEntry, Get-ZipEntryContent, Set-ZipEntryContent, Remove-ZipEntry…}
    VariablesToExport              {}
    AliasesToExport                {gziptofile, gzipfromfile, gziptostring, gzipfromstring…}
    RequiredAssemblies             {System.IO.Compression, System.IO.Compression.FileSystem}

  • Extract them:

    PS ..\PSCompression> $file = $entry | Expand-ZipEntry -PassThru
    PS ..\PSCompression> $file
    
    Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
    ----                 -------------         ------ ----
    -a---           11/6/2024 10:27 PM           5584 PSCompression.psd1
    
    PS ..\PSCompression> Get-Content $file.FullName -TotalCount 3
    #
    # Module manifest for module 'PSCompression'
    #

  Other operations are not supported and will throw an error:

  PS ..\PSCompression> $entry | Remove-ZipEntry
  Remove-ZipEntry: The operation is not supported for entries created from input Stream.

Full Changelog: v2.0.10...v2.1.0