[Enhancement] Added new a parameter OutputPath for Compress-7Zip

7Zip4Powershell/7Zip4Powershell.csproj

@@ -21,17 +21,21 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System.Management.Automation, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\..\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\WindowsPowerShell\3.0\System.Management.Automation.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\Libs\System.Management.Automation.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="GitVersionTask">
-      <Version>5.2.4</Version>
+      <Version>5.3.4</Version>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2020.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SevenZipSharp.Net45" Version="1.0.19" />
     <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2019.1.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Squid-Box.SevenZipSharp" Version="1.2.265" />
+    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2020.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="SevenZipSharp.Net45" Version="1.0.19" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Management" Version="4.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>

7Zip4Powershell/Compress7Zip.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ public class Compress7Zip : ThreadedCmdlet {
         public string Path { get; set; }
 
         [Parameter(Position = 2, Mandatory = false, HelpMessage = "The filter to be applied if Path points to a directory")]
-        public string Filter { get; set; }
+        public string Filter { get; set; } = "*";
+
+        [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Output path for a compressed archive")]
+        public string OutputPath { get; set; }
 
         private List<string> _directoryOrFilesFromPipeline;
 
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ public class Compress7Zip : ThreadedCmdlet {
         [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Disables preservation of empty directories")]
         public SwitchParameter SkipEmptyDirectories { get; set; }
 
+        [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Preserves directory root")]
+        public SwitchParameter PreserveDirectoryRoot { get; set; }
+
         [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Disables recursive files search")]
         public SwitchParameter DisableRecursion { get; set; }
 
@@ -168,6 +174,7 @@ public override void Execute() {
                     EncryptHeaders = _cmdlet.EncryptFilenames.IsPresent,
                     DirectoryStructure = !_cmdlet.FlattenDirectoryStructure.IsPresent,
                     IncludeEmptyDirectories = !_cmdlet.SkipEmptyDirectories.IsPresent,
+                    PreserveDirectoryRoot = _cmdlet.PreserveDirectoryRoot.IsPresent,
                     CompressionMode = _cmdlet.Append.IsPresent ? CompressionMode.Append : CompressionMode.Create
                 };
 
@@ -179,9 +186,26 @@ public override void Execute() {
                     };
                 }
 
+                // Final path for the archive
+                var outputPath = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(_cmdlet.OutputPath) 
+                    ? _cmdlet.OutputPath 
+                    : _cmdlet.SessionState.Path.CurrentFileSystemLocation.Path;
+
+                // Check whether the output path is a path to the file
+                // The folder and file name cannot be the same in the same folder
+                if (File.Exists(outputPath)) {
+                    throw new ArgumentException("The output path is a file, not a directory");
+                }
+
+                // If the directory doesn't exist, create it
+                if (!Directory.Exists(outputPath)) {
+                    Directory.CreateDirectory(outputPath);
+                }
+
                 var directoryOrFiles = _cmdlet._directoryOrFilesFromPipeline
+                                                                        // Don't put outputPath here, it will break the relative path
                     .Select(path => new FileInfo(System.IO.Path.Combine(_cmdlet.SessionState.Path.CurrentFileSystemLocation.Path, path)).FullName).ToArray();
-                var archiveFileName = new FileInfo(System.IO.Path.Combine(_cmdlet.SessionState.Path.CurrentFileSystemLocation.Path, _cmdlet.ArchiveFileName)).FullName;
+                var archiveFileName = new FileInfo(System.IO.Path.Combine(outputPath, _cmdlet.ArchiveFileName)).FullName;
 
                 var activity = directoryOrFiles.Length > 1
                     ? $"Compressing {directoryOrFiles.Length} Files to {archiveFileName}"
@@ -217,13 +241,13 @@ public override void Execute() {
                         if (HasPassword) {
                             compressor.CompressDirectory(directoryOrFiles[0], archiveFileName, _cmdlet._password, _cmdlet.Filter, recursion);
                         } else {
-                            compressor.CompressDirectory(directoryOrFiles[0], archiveFileName, _cmdlet.Filter, recursion);
+                            compressor.CompressDirectory(directoryOrFiles[0], archiveFileName, null, _cmdlet.Filter, recursion);
                         }
                     } else {
                         if (HasPassword) {
-                            compressor.CompressDirectory(directoryOrFiles[0], archiveFileName, recursion, _cmdlet._password);
+                            compressor.CompressDirectory(directoryOrFiles[0], archiveFileName, _cmdlet._password, null, recursion);
                         } else {
-                            compressor.CompressDirectory(directoryOrFiles[0], archiveFileName, recursion);
+                            compressor.CompressDirectory(directoryOrFiles[0], archiveFileName, null, null, recursion);
                         }
                     }
                 }

README.md

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Compress-7Zip
     [-SkipEmptyDirectories]
     [-DisableRecursion]
     [-Append]
+    [-PreserveDirectoryRoot]
     [<CommonParameters>]
 
 Get-7Zip
@@ -84,6 +85,13 @@ A list of all custom parameters can be found [here](https://sevenzip.osdn.jp/chm
 
 ## Changelog
 
+### vNext
+
+* Replaces *SevenZipSharp.Net45* with *Squid-Box.SevenZipSharp* library.
+  ([#57](https://github.com/thoemmi/7Zip4Powershell/pull/57), contributed by [@kborowinski](https://github.com/kborowinski))
+* Adds new a parameter `OutputPath` for `Compress-7Zip`
+  ([#60](https://github.com/thoemmi/7Zip4Powershell/pull/60), contributed by [@iRebbok](https://github.com/iRebbok))
+
 ### [v1.10](https://github.com/thoemmi/7Zip4Powershell/releases/tag/v1.10)
 
 * Updated 7-Zip dlls to 19.00 ([#56](https://github.com/thoemmi/7Zip4Powershell/pull/56), contributed by [@kborowinski](https://github.com/kborowinski))