How to create a zip file where a file name starts with a dot












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I have a situation where I am trying to create a zip file from the command line, but I am trying to add a file which starts with a dot.



powershell Compress-Archive -Path .Dist._test.txt -DestinationPath .test


But this gives an error Could not find item Dist._test.txt



How can I get this powershell command to include files named this way?










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    Quote and use -LiteralPath

    – LotPings
    Nov 20 '18 at 23:28











  • @LotPings Don't you need a full path to use -LiteralPath? Do they need to do -LiteralPath $(resolve-path .Dist._test.txt).Path?

    – TheMadTechnician
    Nov 21 '18 at 0:08






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    @TheMadTechnician I did test with a file in current folder and that worked. Compress-Archive -Destin .test.zip -Literalpath ".lnk"

    – LotPings
    Nov 21 '18 at 0:55






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    @TheMadTechnician: -LiteralPath just means that that no wildcard resolution is applied to the argument, but it can still be a relative path.

    – mklement0
    Nov 21 '18 at 2:39
















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I have a situation where I am trying to create a zip file from the command line, but I am trying to add a file which starts with a dot.



powershell Compress-Archive -Path .Dist._test.txt -DestinationPath .test


But this gives an error Could not find item Dist._test.txt



How can I get this powershell command to include files named this way?










share|improve this question


















  • 1





    Quote and use -LiteralPath

    – LotPings
    Nov 20 '18 at 23:28











  • @LotPings Don't you need a full path to use -LiteralPath? Do they need to do -LiteralPath $(resolve-path .Dist._test.txt).Path?

    – TheMadTechnician
    Nov 21 '18 at 0:08






  • 1





    @TheMadTechnician I did test with a file in current folder and that worked. Compress-Archive -Destin .test.zip -Literalpath ".lnk"

    – LotPings
    Nov 21 '18 at 0:55






  • 2





    @TheMadTechnician: -LiteralPath just means that that no wildcard resolution is applied to the argument, but it can still be a relative path.

    – mklement0
    Nov 21 '18 at 2:39














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I have a situation where I am trying to create a zip file from the command line, but I am trying to add a file which starts with a dot.



powershell Compress-Archive -Path .Dist._test.txt -DestinationPath .test


But this gives an error Could not find item Dist._test.txt



How can I get this powershell command to include files named this way?










share|improve this question














I have a situation where I am trying to create a zip file from the command line, but I am trying to add a file which starts with a dot.



powershell Compress-Archive -Path .Dist._test.txt -DestinationPath .test


But this gives an error Could not find item Dist._test.txt



How can I get this powershell command to include files named this way?







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    Quote and use -LiteralPath

    – LotPings
    Nov 20 '18 at 23:28











  • @LotPings Don't you need a full path to use -LiteralPath? Do they need to do -LiteralPath $(resolve-path .Dist._test.txt).Path?

    – TheMadTechnician
    Nov 21 '18 at 0:08






  • 1





    @TheMadTechnician I did test with a file in current folder and that worked. Compress-Archive -Destin .test.zip -Literalpath ".lnk"

    – LotPings
    Nov 21 '18 at 0:55






  • 2





    @TheMadTechnician: -LiteralPath just means that that no wildcard resolution is applied to the argument, but it can still be a relative path.

    – mklement0
    Nov 21 '18 at 2:39














  • 1





    Quote and use -LiteralPath

    – LotPings
    Nov 20 '18 at 23:28











  • @LotPings Don't you need a full path to use -LiteralPath? Do they need to do -LiteralPath $(resolve-path .Dist._test.txt).Path?

    – TheMadTechnician
    Nov 21 '18 at 0:08






  • 1





    @TheMadTechnician I did test with a file in current folder and that worked. Compress-Archive -Destin .test.zip -Literalpath ".lnk"

    – LotPings
    Nov 21 '18 at 0:55






  • 2





    @TheMadTechnician: -LiteralPath just means that that no wildcard resolution is applied to the argument, but it can still be a relative path.

    – mklement0
    Nov 21 '18 at 2:39








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Quote and use -LiteralPath

– LotPings
Nov 20 '18 at 23:28





Quote and use -LiteralPath

– LotPings
Nov 20 '18 at 23:28













@LotPings Don't you need a full path to use -LiteralPath? Do they need to do -LiteralPath $(resolve-path .Dist._test.txt).Path?

– TheMadTechnician
Nov 21 '18 at 0:08





@LotPings Don't you need a full path to use -LiteralPath? Do they need to do -LiteralPath $(resolve-path .Dist._test.txt).Path?

– TheMadTechnician
Nov 21 '18 at 0:08




1




1





@TheMadTechnician I did test with a file in current folder and that worked. Compress-Archive -Destin .test.zip -Literalpath ".lnk"

– LotPings
Nov 21 '18 at 0:55





@TheMadTechnician I did test with a file in current folder and that worked. Compress-Archive -Destin .test.zip -Literalpath ".lnk"

– LotPings
Nov 21 '18 at 0:55




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2





@TheMadTechnician: -LiteralPath just means that that no wildcard resolution is applied to the argument, but it can still be a relative path.

– mklement0
Nov 21 '18 at 2:39





@TheMadTechnician: -LiteralPath just means that that no wildcard resolution is applied to the argument, but it can still be a relative path.

– mklement0
Nov 21 '18 at 2:39












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Please can you try like this, i had test the same and its working fine



powershell Compress-Archive -Path "C:location.test.png" -DestinationPath "C:locationdestination"





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    Explorer was set to show hidden items. For some reason it wasn't giving a visual indicator that this was a hidden file. I removed the checkbox for "Hidden" and it worked fine.






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      Please can you try like this, i had test the same and its working fine



      powershell Compress-Archive -Path "C:location.test.png" -DestinationPath "C:locationdestination"





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        Please can you try like this, i had test the same and its working fine



        powershell Compress-Archive -Path "C:location.test.png" -DestinationPath "C:locationdestination"





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          Please can you try like this, i had test the same and its working fine



          powershell Compress-Archive -Path "C:location.test.png" -DestinationPath "C:locationdestination"





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          Please can you try like this, i had test the same and its working fine



          powershell Compress-Archive -Path "C:location.test.png" -DestinationPath "C:locationdestination"






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              Explorer was set to show hidden items. For some reason it wasn't giving a visual indicator that this was a hidden file. I removed the checkbox for "Hidden" and it worked fine.






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                Explorer was set to show hidden items. For some reason it wasn't giving a visual indicator that this was a hidden file. I removed the checkbox for "Hidden" and it worked fine.






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                  Explorer was set to show hidden items. For some reason it wasn't giving a visual indicator that this was a hidden file. I removed the checkbox for "Hidden" and it worked fine.






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                  Explorer was set to show hidden items. For some reason it wasn't giving a visual indicator that this was a hidden file. I removed the checkbox for "Hidden" and it worked fine.







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