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DSC Archive Resource

DSC Archive Resource

Applies To: Windows PowerShell 4.0, Windows PowerShell 5.0

The Archive resource in Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) provides a mechanism to unpack archive (.zip) files at a specific path.

Syntax

Archive [string] #ResourceName
{
    Destination = [string]
    Path = [string]
    [ Checksum = [string] { CreatedDate | ModifiedDate | SHA-1 | SHA-256 | SHA-512 } ]
    [ DependsOn = [string[]] ]
    [ Ensure = [string] { Absent | Present } ]
    [ Force = [bool] ]
    [ Validate = [bool] ]
}

Properties

Property Description
Destination Specifies the location where you want to ensure the archive contents are extracted.
Path Specifies the source path of the archive file.
Checksum Defines the type to use when determining whether two files are the same. If Checksum is not specified, only the file or directory name is used for comparison. Valid values include: SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, createdDate, modifiedDate, none (default). If you specify Checksum without Validate, the configuration will fail.
Ensure Determines whether to check if the content of the archive exists at the Destination. Set this property to Present to ensure the contents exist. Set it to Absent to ensure they do not exist. The default value is Present.
DependsOn Indicates that the configuration of another resource must run before this resource is configured. For example, if the ID of the resource configuration script block that you want to run first is ResourceName and its type is ResourceType, the syntax for using this property is DependsOn = "[ResourceType]ResourceName".
Validate Uses the Checksum property to determine if the archive matches the signature. If you specify Checksum without Validate, the configuration will fail. If you specify Validate without Checksum, a SHA-256 checksum is used by default.
Force Certain file operations (such as overwriting a file or deleting a directory that is not empty) will result in an error. Using the Force property overrides such errors. The default value is False.

Example

The following example shows how to use the Archive resource to ensure that the contents of an archive file called Test.zip exist and are extracted at a given destination.

Archive ArchiveExample {
    Ensure = "Present"  # You can also set Ensure to "Absent"
    Path = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Test.zip"
    Destination = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\ExtractionPath"
}