PowerShell
WIP: PowerShell Archive Support
PowerShell Archive Support
On of biggest desired features of mine has always been a PSProvider for Archive/ZipFile Support in powershell. So for the past few months I have been working on creating a PSProvider that supports opening and active manipulation of ZipFiles.
Motivation
The ability to utilize a ZipFile like a FileSystemProvider opens the door for Automation components by allowing automated tasks to work directly inside an Archive instead of FileSystem.
This implimentaiton would allow Sys admins to Preview/Modify configuration of tools like Nuget or log files.
User Experience
Prelimnary code has been uploaded to my Github under PS1C
Current Code base is Previewable on:
https://github.com/romero126/ps1c
It can be checkedout on Gallery for Windows Only Currently;
Install-Module PS1C
Import-Module PS1C
New-PSDrive -Name TestDrive -PSProvider ZipFile -Root "ZipFile.Zip" -ErrorAction "Stop"
Push-Location TestDrive:\
# Go to town
Specification
The Desire to feel as close to the FileSystem Provider as possible sets a very natural feel to the user experience.
Testing Requirements
Code must maintain rigourous testing standards and must meet all Applicable FileSystem Provider based tests
Current Provider Varience and Language Constraints
Currently PSProviders locked down certain features/functionality natively.
- Invoke-Item is locked down to the FileSystemProvider
- Both & and .
- Invoke-Command
- Invoke-Expression
- Get-Content -Tail is limited to FileSystemProvider because BackReader is not publicly available.
Example of Use
PS>Install-Module PS1C -Force
PS>Import-Module PS1C
PS>New-PSDrive -Name NewDrive -PSProvider ZipFile -Root "$Pwd\ZipFile.zip"
Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root CurrentLocation
---- --------- --------- -------- ---- ---------------
NewDrive ZipFile C:\Users\Romero126\Documents\Softw…
PS>Push-Location NewDrive:\
PS>Get-ChildItem
LastWriteTime Length Name FullName
------------- ------ ---- --------
8/12/2019 3:04:26 PM 50 _InvokeCommand.ps1 TestDrive:\_InvokeCommand.ps1
8/3/2019 9:18:32 PM 4 Binary.txt TestDrive:\Binary.txt
9/26/2019 12:33:16 PM 17 dynamicfile.txt TestDrive:\dynamicfile.txt
9/26/2019 12:33:16 PM 14 dynamicfile2.txt TestDrive:\dynamicfile2.txt
8/3/2019 9:18:02 PM 191 Multiline.txt TestDrive:\Multiline.txt
9/27/2019 12:11:08 PM 0 newDirectory TestDrive:\newDirectory\
8/7/2019 10:42:52 PM 62 Test.txt TestDrive:\Test.txt
PS>Get-Content Test.txt
8/12/2019 10:07:17 PM : 8ab0b829-9b71-4c11-9cfa-33d1295901db
PS>("{0} : {1}" -f (Get-Date).ToString(), (New-Guid)) | Set-Content Test.txt -PassThru
9/27/2019 2:32:19 PM : 44ef9073-71ec-41c4-8013-a4ce5cc2832d
PS>Get-Content Test.txt
9/27/2019 2:32:19 PM : 44ef9073-71ec-41c4-8013-a4ce5cc2832d
PS>Get-Item NewTestFile.txt
LastWriteTime Length Name FullName
------------- ------ ---- --------
9/27/2019 2:34:02 PM 11 NewTestFile.txt TestDrive:\NewTestFile.txt
PS>Get-Item NewTestFile.txt | Get-Content
NewItemData
PS>
Hey if your interested.. I got the module working.. Next step is to figure out how to integrate this with the actual module.
in the main project dotnet build should build everything.. but there are still a few things to do for a full build /test scenario
import-module .\src\Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive.dll;New-PSDrive -Name dr -PSProvider Archive -Root $pwd\PathToAnArchive;
Hey @anmenaga, I am very interested in your feedback. What do you think about this PR? Its getting quite a bit closer to a final product, I am very interested in if integrating this would be good.
Currently it works on PWSH Core only.