(PowerShell) Gzip a File

Demonstrates how to create a .gz (gzipped file).

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$gzip = New-Object Chilkat.Gzip

# This will create a .gz such that when ungzipped by a tool such as 7-Zip,
# it will create "qa_data/hamlet.xml".
$success = $gzip.CompressFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","qa_output/hamlet.xml.gz")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($gzip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Call CompressFile2 to explicitly specify the ungzip path
# For example, this will create a .gz such that when ungzipped by a tool such as 7-Zip,
# it will create "hamlet.xml".
$embeddedExtractPath = "hamlet.xml"
$success = $gzip.CompressFile2("qa_data/hamlet.xml",$embeddedExtractPath,"qa_output/hamlet2.xml.gz")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($gzip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Success.")